Since they won't actually be able to see the 'hologram,' anchors will need a visual cue to keep from walking through the holograms - in this case, a circle on the floor.īohrman acknowledges this is a 'very tough' project to pull off, but the tests over the last week have proven to him that it can done. Blitzer and the correspondents will be addressing a 37-inch plasma screen in a regular 2-D feed in order to 'see' each other. Once collected, the image data will be processed by software and visual effects, which will synchronize the camera angles on the remote correspondents with those on Blitzer, then insert the satellite feed into the main video.Īccording to David Bohrman, senior vice president at CNN, Mr. It's like a satellite appearance, except instead of appearing on a 2-D screen, it will look like the correspondents are actually on the set next to Blitzer and other anchors (see lead photo of this story). Now CNN wants to bring it to life in its studio, sort of, except with Wolf Blitzer and other correspondents in place of Obi-Wan Kenobi.īlitzer is expected to use the technology to appear to talk to virtual correspondents in the CNN studio, while their physical bodies remain with the Obama and McCain campaigns. Star Wars vividly portrayed a vision of 3-D hologram technology. 'The design team wanted to make sure this wasn't just an exercise in 'whiz bang' graphics but would actually complement the presentation, not overpower it,' he says. Senior Art Director Tony Franqueira told that NBC Artworks designers and animators did all of the concept design, final graphics and sets in-house and that as the virtual sets were being built, directors set up camera shots that helped define the final look of the graphics.

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