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French Politician Uses Hologram To Hold Meetings In Two Cities At the Same Time (reuters.com)

neutrino38 writes: The French presidential election is approaching fast. One of the candidates, Jean-Luc Melenchon, used a hologram to hold two public meetings at once. With a political program that is mostly socialist and very left leaning, some people pointed out that he used private innovation to stand out from the crowd. Reuters notes that this is "not the first politician to employ such technology," adding that "in 2014, then-Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan used a huge hologram of himself to attract wider support, while India's Narendra Modi trounced the opposition with a campaign that included holograms of his speeches in villages across the country." You can watch part of one of Melenchon's virtual meetings here.

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  1. Who else used holograms? by colinrichardday · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has anyone ever seen this guy and Palpatine in the same room together?

  2. Re:WTF Time by Imrik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holograms get press attention.

  3. Re:WTF Time by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does being a candidate of the Socialist Party mean that one should be coy like a little princess?

    Please help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.