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NBC News HDTV Election Coverage....

Tom Lowe

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Wow. Is anyone else watching these moco shots of Chuck Todd on NBC news in HD? They have him in some kind of virtual green-screen studio with these sweeping crane shots, comping him into a virtual background with a bunch of Greek columns, a rotating floor, and an epic night skyline. Amazing technology. It just jumps off the screen in HD. I only recently got an HDTV and this coverage is blowing me away. The overhead crowd shots of Obama's gathering crowd in Chicago look gorgeous.
 
tune in to nbc you noobs....
 
CNN's holographic interviews are also pretty cool....360 degree camera coverage
 
yeah, finally people are being beamed in places. =]
 
Sam Roberts said:
CNN's holographic interviews are also pretty cool....360 degree camera coverage
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I saw one so called "holographic" interview with Will-I-Am and it was ONLY with two static shots - front and rear whith some dizzy videofilter - what a blsht!!! And they even couldn't get it right if its more ST or SW style - bah it was rubbish :bleh:

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I saw other one which wasn't static, but it still looks crappy
 
tune in to nbc you noobs....
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I'd argue that sometimes the news gives you way too much information, most of it bad. When is the last time you heard a news reporter (or anchor) tell you that they don't know? Most of the time, we simply don't know.

Or at other times, they will distort what actually happened to make a better story (e.g. sensationalism).

If you think about, virtual sets for news is a little weird because they aren't real. Whereas the news is supposed to be about, you know, the real world. In a way, they're trying to trick you into thinking it's real and put in signs of credibility (e.g. we have a whole news room behind us!).

Anyways I'll stop derailing this thread. :P
 
I suspect CNN's 'holograms' were simply greenscreen video composites. I'm certain Wolf B wasn't standing there looking at the projected image we saw. Really it was just two motion control systems with their moves synced together, which is impressive enough. Calling it a hologram?!? Not so sure about the truthiness of that.

I think CNN added the crappy video edges and motion stutter for dramatic effect, just like they used to add a green night-vision look and tracer bullets to Wolf's war zone reporting!
 
Keith Nealy said:
Tom-
To address your comments - yes, the virtual set was amazing - the best I've seen in realtime.

http://www.newscaststudio.com/blog/2008/11/03/msnbc-unveils-new-3d-studio/

No mention of the actual system used but my bet is the ORAD system from Israel.

they have led the pack for a while.

Great stuff, though.

Keith


Probably the Israeli system
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I found a clip of it on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWcPWfskGnA

It was really dazzling in HD, I have to say.

As far as the Will I Am hologram, I was wondering the same thing: was that something Anderson Cooper could actually see in front of him, or was Anderson staring at thin air (or a monitor off camera)?
 
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