Imagine that years after you pass on, somehow your great great grandchildren or other people of the future could speak to you "face-to-face". Imagine that they could ask you questions about your life and that you could tell them what it was like to live in your time. A project underway right now may make such a scenario a "real" possibility in the not-too-distant future.
Researchers at the University of Southern California are in the process of developing for the humans of today the ability to create an extraordinary, life-like, 3D hologram that can actually converse with humans of the future.
The project -- New Dimensions in Testimony -- uses cutting edge technology to produce images of selected people, manifested as holograms that look remarkably like the subject. The images are so "real" that it appears as if the person is actually present in the room. Using further technology (think Siri from iPhone fame), the hologram will be able to ask and answer questions, and virtually converse with people in the future.
The first subject being used in the project is a survivor of the holocaust, but the expectation is that when the project is complete, anyone with a story to tell would be able to take advantage of such technology, presenting an extraordinary change in the way information and legacies are passed down to family members and to others of the future.
