by Dinesh » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:35 am
Oh no, I wasn't trying to fight the public perception of the word 'hologram'. I've long since accepted the inevitable!
The point I was trying to make is that a fashion show is supposed to be the showing off of some fashion designers clothes. As such, the models walk on the catwalk, wearing said designers clothes. The audience then appreciates (or not) the designers concepts. But, if you can have a hologram showing off these designer's ideas - a virtual model - and being able to literally change clothes in milliseconds, how's the audience supposed to appreciate anything? The audience is not there to see a fashion designer's ideas, they're there to be part of a mass delusion. They're as 'holographic' as the 'holograms' on the catwalk!
This whole "holographic fashion show" is simply exploiting two ideas: The apparent fascination that the public has with the word "hologram" and a lot of pretty people prancing about. The Great Teeming Masses can now justify titillation by association with science in the form of holography! What's next I wonder, holographic pole dancing? Maybe the pole will have equations on it!
The funny thing is: holographers themselves seem to see no benefit in all this "holography mania".
Oh no, I wasn't trying to fight the public perception of the word 'hologram'. I've long since accepted the inevitable!
The point I was trying to make is that a fashion show is supposed to be the showing off of some fashion designers clothes. As such, the models walk on the catwalk, wearing said designers clothes. The audience then appreciates (or not) the designers concepts. But, if you can have a hologram showing off these designer's ideas - a virtual model - and being able to literally change clothes in milliseconds, how's the audience supposed to appreciate anything? The audience is not there to see a fashion designer's ideas, they're there to be part of a mass delusion. They're as 'holographic' as the 'holograms' on the catwalk!
This whole "holographic fashion show" is simply exploiting two ideas: The apparent fascination that the public has with the word "hologram" and a lot of pretty people prancing about. The Great Teeming Masses can now justify titillation by association with science in the form of holography! What's next I wonder, holographic pole dancing? Maybe the pole will have equations on it!
The funny thing is: holographers themselves seem to see no benefit in all this "holography mania".