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...howls of outrage from science-fiction geeks and engineering purists worldwide, CNN acknowledges that its "hologram" wasn't a hologram at all. The feat was accomplished with a 3-D green-screen digital-composite technique that's been in use for years. Some 40 high-definition cameras arranged in a circle filmed Yellin at the same time against a 360-degree green background; the images were overlaid to make Yellin appear three-dimensional, and the reporter was then digitally pasted into the frame next to Blitzer. Specialized software was used to make sure her image lined up with the movement...
...other hand, election night also showcased how TV has successfully used technology to explain complicated subjects. Most networks employed some version of the "magic wall," a video screen that displayed election returns granularly, down to the county level. Whooshing and zooming across and into the map, hosts were able to bore into America, identifying the microgroups that would decide the election and the demographic shifts in a contest that defied the old boundaries...
...people were doing and thinking and how the vibe was,” Hammonds said. “Is it exciting, is it boring?” “Boring?” Dingman asked incredulously. Hammonds posed questions to students as she furrowed her eyebrows at the screen and crossed her arms, deep in concentration. “Okay guys, is it going to be an early night or a late night?” she asked. Dingman craned his neck forward at the screen as he tried to attach a patriotic pin to his jacket lapel...
...Davone J. Tines ’09 sat anxiously in a corner watching the television screen silently, his laptop sat at his side, open to a mostly red map of his native Virginia...
...results pour in last night. An undergraduate-heavy crowd, snacking on pizza and free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, watched CNN’s coverage of the election at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics. Below the forum’s big screen, life-size cut-outs of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stood next to a map showing the states each candidate had won—the Obama cut-out posed for substantially more photo ops over the course of the evening. Before the results had even begun to trickle...