Well, (Whale)..This hologram will blow your mind

[BlueJazz]

[Suich]

1. That's really cool!

[Archae]

2. Not a hologram. Video composite.

[BlueJazz]

3. Oh. I was going by the title. Thanks!

[Archae]

4. The company would like to do this as a hologram...but it's not quite there yet.

[tk2kewl]

9. i didn't think it could be a hologram...

...based on the lack of reaction of those seated on the gym floor

still pretty cool

[2naSalit]

5. Awesome!

We never had cool visuals like that when I was a kid.

[Helen Borg]

6. Is this what the kids are seeing?

Or something added to the video later?

[BlueJazz]

7. That's what they're seeing. I'll bet more than one of them is thinking: >

"I want to learn about THAT field of study!"

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. Another one is thinking

"Uh-oh. I just shit in my pants."

[JohnnyRingo]

18. No it isn't

It's a CGI simulation of what the inventors plan to do, someday.

To be fair to the OP, it's deceptively titled on YouTube.

[BlueJazz]

21. What! Damn. I've been ripped-off!

[JohnnyRingo]

17. Not what the kids are actually seeing

It's a computer simulation of what the inventors intend to do... eventually.

It was a bit unfairly titled in the YouTube clip. A clue is how the kids react. If that was really happening before their eyes, they'd be totally transfixed instead of looking around as some are.

[Yavin4]

10. Good. Now we can close Seaworld!

And release actual Whales from performing.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Where was this back when I was in school?

[clarice]

12. OMG !!!! That was $%$^ing AWESOME !. nt

[valerief]

13. That was incredible. I remember back in the 80s telling people

that within 10 years we'd have holograms instead of videos and Tim Conway would be a big hit with both young people and old.

This is way better.

[left-of-center2012]

14. Is there a link to the source?

[BlueJazz]

15. Sorry, I don't know. It was an Email to me from a friend.

[tomm2thumbs]

16. It's probably projected on a screen to the left, so they can see themselves 'live'

I think the kids were told to ham it up, and they did a great job

[Android3.14]

19. OP should edit the title. This is not a hologram, but a composite image

Maybe someday, but not today.

[CBGLuthier]

20. Ahh if we want to complain about inaccuracies, even if it was what people call a hologram it isn't

The common effect that everyone calls holograms is based on a 150 year-old magic trick called Pepper's Ghost and has absolutely nothing to do with holograms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

23. Here's the most famous use of the Pepper's Ghost illusion

It was being advertised as a "hologram" but the technology's not that far along.

[Ivan Kaputski]

22. Awesome.