"I like to watch" ...

The art of "seemingly" being there and communication brought to a truly interactive level awaits as seen by this stellar Microsoft presentation of a 3D hologram able to speak Japanese in real-time. Thanks my good friend Chris H-T for this gem as you are a truly dangerous man. :)

As an aside, Being There, an amazing book by Jerzy Kosinski, made into an equally amazing film of the same name, indirectly connects to this presentation as Chauncy Gardner was not there in terms of intelligence but was perceived to be by the great unwashed based on zen comments not understood by either Chance or the public in any way, shape or fashion.

"I like to watch" - Chauncy Gardner

Endpaper ... By changing the channel he could change himself. He could go through phases, as garden plants went through phases, but he could change as rapidly as he wished by twisting the dial backward and forward. In some cases he could spread out into the screen without stopping, just as on TV people spread out into the screen. By turning the dial, Chance could bring others inside his eyelids. Thus he came to believe that it was he, Chance, and no one else, who made himself be.