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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I totally blocked from my memory the very brief period when holograms were a thing, and then no one ever spoke of them again. Even Tupac performed "live" via hologram iirc

Such a silly moment in time. Pretty remarkable though how accurately The Empire Strikes Back predicted holograms to look way back in 1980. Pretty much exactly how these things looked.

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

I totally blocked from my memory the very brief period when holograms were a thing

Yeah, I think some corner of my brain I knew this was exactly the kind of thing that would make us go wtf after some time had passed.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure holograms existed when Star Wars was made. Probably different styles, like projected on glass panes, but I’m not sure what cnn was using.

I honestly did not know they even had such a thing! That's pretty neat.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago

“Something something something… election. Something something something… complete!

Now back to you, Wolf!”

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

It felt like cosmic justice when he was on celebrity jeopardy. He didn't know a damn thing, which was true to my idea of him.