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Andrew Yang Plans To Use a 3D Hologram For Remote Campaigning (nymag.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the modern-day-tools dept.

Andrew Yang, the presidential candidate who supports Universal Basic Income and has attracted a devoted online following, is planning to use a 3D hologram on the campaign trail. "On Wednesday he gave the #YangGang, which is what his supporters call themselves, their first look at it," reports New York Magazine. From the report: The hologram's debut came on TMZ Live, which showed a video of Yang's hologram performing a duet alongside a hologram of his "hero," Tupac. "I was doing a demo of what a hologram would consist of in order to send the hologram of me to campaign in Iowa or other battleground states," he said.

Last month, Yang spoke about his hologram plans with Iowa newspaper, The Carroll Daily Times Herald. "We are exploring rolling a truck out that would enable someone to see a hologram of me that is three-dimensional give my stump speech," Yang told the paper. "And, also, if I were in a studio, which we could set up very easily, I could beam in and take questions live." Yang also told the paper that he plans to use hologram technology to remind voters that "it is 2019, and soon it will be 2020, and things are changing."

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  1. How is he getting so much attention? by aicrules · · Score: 2

    Someone explain that please....

    1. Re:How is he getting so much attention? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      He doesn't want to grab women by the pussy nor places his hands on them with uncomfortable hugs and uncomfortable kisses. He's pushing for leftist ideas that as a platform represent more of what the public says they want than most other platforms even bother to discuss--honestly, 99% of people don't care about immigration except as a reaction to politicians making it an issue, yet that's the discussion of the day that's used to wedge people for votes. He's pretty calm and rational in speech, and he seems not only willing but capable of listening to views he doesn't agree with and discussing why those views should either change or otherwise are incorrect.

      Or as a lot of Democrats and Republicans would put it, he's some sort of left wing fanatical elitist and whtever you do don't look at the man behind the curtain that is our dog and pony show masquerading as political discourse. Now get back over here and be enraged and focus on the stuff we tell you that's important even though no matter the outcome it has about zero effect on your lives! The last thing we want you to do is focus on real change where failure to deliver gives good reason to fire us or for which if the legislation succeeds but the results aren't what was expected we might lose because are ideals are proven wrong!

  2. That won't work by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "This guy is so elitist he can't even be bothered to leave his comfy studio and come out here and speak to us in person? I'm sure as hell not voting for him."

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    The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
    1. Re:That won't work by MobyDisk · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Only people who have never heard of "television" would make such an argument.

  3. Simple: He's promising you other people's money. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That gets the attention of a lot of people, especially the leftist media.

  4. Oh for fuck sakes, that's NOT a hologram by mark-t · · Score: 2

    That technique is over a century old and is referred to as "Pepper's Ghost". It is well established technique used in illusion and other entertainment.

    A hologram is a *THREE* dimensional image, not a two-dimensional one projected onto glass.

    As you move relative to the position of a hologram, your perspective of it changes just as it would if you were to move around an actual 3-dimensional object, and even the differences between what your left eye sees and right eye sees will be different enough at close distances that your brain will tell you you are looking at something with actual depth.

    No so-called "hologram" of Tupac ever did that.

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    File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
  5. Welfare for billionaires by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That gets the attention of a lot of people, especially the leftist media.

    It's amazing how you people never bring up "other people's money" when billionaires get local taxpayers to pay for the sports stadiums for their professional ball teams. The taxpayer never sees any benefit for it.

    Or when they tool around in their private jets and get the benefit of taxpayer funded air traffic control and airports.

    And of course the use of the taxpayer funded interstate system that allows them to make their billions.

    But when regular people want some basic single payer healthcare, oh no! "other people's money!" Healthcare is a luxury in the USA. We have the most expensive system that is also the worst performing in the industrialized world. Why? More welfare for the billionaires. They rigged the system so that we have to do business with their ripoff insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

    You know what? If AOC, Sanders, Warren somehow got what they promised for all us, OUR standard of living would go up. Yes, you too.

    But you have been brainwashed by the conservative media (it's ALL controlled by big conservative corporate interests: yes, even MSNBC) that what they want is in your best interests.

    Nope. Wake up! You're being played for a rube.

    1. Re:Welfare for billionaires by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You really went down the rabbit hole quickly on that one. 'All of the billionaires' are not going to leave the United States because of taxes. Full on fear mongering that "we'd have another recession, or depression." You sound like you're trying to parrot Hannity, what a role model. "Socialist programs" do not equate to "socialism." You thinking things like that is a great example of why your public education should have been better funded.

    2. Re:Welfare for billionaires by Zorton · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "Socialist programs" do not equate to "socialism". Double plus redef word think.

  6. Help Me Obi-Wan by Megahard · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're my only demographic.

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    I eat only the real part of complex carbohydrates.
  7. Re:Like hillary? by magzteel · · Score: 2

    Trump had teams of angry people trying to pin him with something/anything. And?

    Well, for a concrete item, there's the felony campaign finance violation that Cohen got convicted of where the court documents essentially said they would have indicted Trump but won't while he's president.

    Cohen pleaded guilty to avoid more serious unrelated charges. It's very unlikely the payment to Stormy Daniels constituted a campaign finance violation but Mueller wanted Cohen to plead guilty to it to advance the narrative. See https://www.politifact.com/tru... for some discussion on the nuances of this law. Even if it is ultimately determined to be a violation, for something that small the penalty would just be a fine.