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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms.Editors viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future…We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I havent seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the wow factor attached to it didnt it? Heres a link to the actual interview. CNN Hologram Video. The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence? Im no expert on the subject but Im going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement. While I do know that Telepresence still hasnt been universally defined (Ho meratol uston, we have a problem), heres how I see it. Broken down to its simplest form – tele (through electronic means) and presence (present). This is how Im justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was telepresent from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly – telepresent. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. Ive just recently read that CNN actually downgraded the experience to make it movie quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand.