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Old 05-November-2008, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by sabianq View Post
Hey there.

If anyone is interested, the technology is quite simple.
basically, a HD camera array forms a circle around the subject (IR is used for tracking information), the information is sent to a computer (bank of computers) and is crunched then transmitted to the receiving end where another bank of computers decodes the information then sends it to a high resolution, high lumen projector which projects the image onto a clear screen.

Wolf could actually see her.
When Yellin was explaining the technology to Wolf, she commented on how the cameras are linked so her cameras "move, and they know when to move when the cameras in New York move." If it was as you describe, where she was actually visible live, in the studio - Wolf could see her - then it would not matter "when the cameras in New York move." The only reason the cameras would need to be synced is if it's an in-camera effect.

And it is most assuredly not a Pepper's ghost effect.

EDIT: I'm sorry, I shouldn't actually call it an "in-camera effect," since that term has a pretty specific meaning in special effects terminology and it's pretty much the opposite of the way I've used it here. CNN's hologram was a video effect, not a live effect.
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