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Star Wars-like Holograms

Posted by timothy on from the not-quite-princess-leia-yet dept.

jeffy124 writes: "Business 2.0 has an article up about Ford's use of holograms during vehicle development. It's almost exactly like that scene in the original Star Wars where R2D2 ran a movie of Princess Leia saying 'Help me Obi Wan.' Basically, Ford uses the system during development to get a look at the car and various parts without needing to construct a full prototype. The image is a 3-D projection and hovers just above the floor, allowing the user to walk around the 'vehicle,' getting a look at it from all angles. I can picture the pr0n jokes now!"

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  1. not forgetting... by DieNadel · · Score: 3, Funny

    that Ford really sucks, it's an awesome technology.

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  2. errrrrr... by m.batsis · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... can we classify ghosts as 'legasy systems' now?

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    1. Re:errrrrr... by codingOgre · · Score: 2, Funny

      .. can we classify ghosts as 'legasy systems' now?

      I think I need to take a break from GNU, I actually read that as "G hosts"!

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  3. Grrrr.... by rootedgimp · · Score: 2, Funny

    "that not only rendered the T-bird in perfect 3-D but also provided different views as observers moved around it, as if it were really there."
    Yeah, I got the same feeling from their ANNOYING POPUP.

  4. Re:Exactly like that scene in Star Wars? by Flounder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Star Wars came out in '77.

    Turn in your geek ID card at the counter, you'll have it returned to you when you can quote from memory all the dialogue from the Death Star battle.

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  5. I'm confused.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This technology can be used to picture pr0n jokes?

  6. Re:Porn by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Help me Ron Jeremy! You're my only hope!

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