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Telstra Uses Hologram To Pray For Obi-Wan Kenobi To Save Them
Posted by Nick Broughall at 9:30 AM on May 28, 2008
The very first thing we noticed about this story is that Dr Hugh Bradlow (Telstra's Chief Technology Officer) looks absolutely nothing like Princess Leia. The second thing was that he was wearing the wrong coloured suit to be an evil Sith Lord controlling the Empire through lies, deceit and just a little bit of conniving brilliance.
So why would anybody who wasn't a Sith Lord or a Alderanian Princess want to become a hologram? Especially a hologram in Adelaide? Well, the reason was towitness the power of this fully armed and operational battle station show off the blistering speeds of Telstra's Next IP system.
The technology, which at the moment isn't commercially available, has potential applications in both business and education. It involves a HD camcorder recording the subject, and then a special projector to beam a 3D hologram in real time. The subject can see what's happening where his hologram is thanks to a flat panel display streaming a (2D) video of the room.
According to Telstra, the hologram technology is about 4-5 years away for businesses because of the significant cost.
It's an exciting technology. I just hope that the next Telstra AGM doesn't involve SOl being beamed in wearing a black hoodie.
[Telstra]
So why would anybody who wasn't a Sith Lord or a Alderanian Princess want to become a hologram? Especially a hologram in Adelaide? Well, the reason was to
The technology, which at the moment isn't commercially available, has potential applications in both business and education. It involves a HD camcorder recording the subject, and then a special projector to beam a 3D hologram in real time. The subject can see what's happening where his hologram is thanks to a flat panel display streaming a (2D) video of the room.
According to Telstra, the hologram technology is about 4-5 years away for businesses because of the significant cost.
It's an exciting technology. I just hope that the next Telstra AGM doesn't involve SOl being beamed in wearing a black hoodie.
[Telstra]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
GRANT BURTON
Posted May 28, 2008 10:13 AM
Great! Now only if Telstra could have real broadband for the rest of us stuck in Places like Point Cook, on RIMS on no ports with Dial up...thanks HELSTRA!
Michael
Posted May 28, 2008 10:20 AM
This is such crap from Telstra.
It's not 3d, it's a projector onto a thin transparent film, and it's an off the shelf product called Musion.
David D.
Posted May 28, 2008 2:35 PM
Knowing Telstra when they deliver it, it will underperform, be overpriced, and when it arrives in 4-5 years their share price will still be around $4 and the latest CEO visionary will be getting around $50M a year by then and they will still be blaming all their problems on the government.
Jared
Posted May 28, 2008 5:22 PM
This simply proves that Telstra really do overcharge if they can afford to showcase this technology."According to Telstra, the hologram technology is about 4-5 years away for businesses because of the significant cost." I wish they would put their time and money into building a superior network rather than toying with their Star Wars fantasies.
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