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A sci-fi prediction from the original Star Wars

White Rabbit Project

A sci-fi predictionfrom the original Star Wars. In 1977, being able to recorda hologram...

White Rabbit Project • S01E08 • 2016

A sci-fi prediction
from the original Star Wars. In 1977, being able to record
a hologram message and then play it back in thin air
was the radical vision of the future. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi." Princess Leia's famous recorded message held out the promise that one day
we'd be able to communicate by hologram in real time. I wanna see how far we've come so to discover some hologram basics I'm starting with a small scale hack. All I need is a little acrylic, cutting tool, glue and a tablet

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A sci-fi prediction from the original Star Wars.

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In 1977, being able to record a hologram message

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and then play it back in thin air was the radical vision of the future.

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"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi."

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Princess Leia's famous recorded message

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held out the promise that one day we'd be able to communicate by hologram

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in real time.

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I wanna see how far we've come

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so to discover some hologram basics

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I'm starting with a small scale hack.

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All I need is a little acrylic,

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cutting tool, glue and a tablet.

Duration

36 seconds

Views

32

Timestamp in Movie

00:18:21

Uploaded

Oct 31, 2025

Season

1

Episode

8

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Movie Summary

Scientists investigate unusual events from pop culture, science and history.