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The technology behind this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musion_Eyeliner which uses the old Pepper's Ghost trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppers_ghost

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This led me on a one-hour Wikipedia detour and I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride.

Seriously cool stuff.

There's only 37 minutes between my post and your reply :-)

"I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride"

Bending time included.

He meant Wikipedia time. I've spent three hours reading Byzantine history and related articles in about an hour.

Check for yourself with a timer:

1) http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire

go.

Have you read http://craphound.com/down/ (Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom) yet?

Doctorow's novel is amazing. It really inspired me to change the way I approach life and appreciate value. Plus, it is relatively short!

Basically, that book is to blame for me converting from a slacker to a hacker.

There's a whole fascinating book about the evolution of this illusion. http://www.amazon.com/Hiding-Elephant-Magicians-Impossible-D...

You and Aziz Ansari.

I can't wait for real animated holography to become available commercially. The static prints that Zebra Imaging makes are already incredible (full color, 90 degree viewing angle, etc) and the video footage of their live table prototype looks nuts, though it needs on the order of 100GBps of hogel data coming into the surface for 3x3ft image...

It's been on HN, but the same tech has been used extensively for a couple years now to produce Vocaloid concerts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzYssX-CcSY#t=1m37s

It really is quite amazing unless you're at a pretty significant angle to the screen, like in the nosebleed seats or to the extreme left/right.

A short video that shows how the Musion system works: http://vimeo.com/7047856

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