Take My Hologram, Please

National Comedy Center in Jamestown may sync up posthumous comedian holograms to real-time actors.

There may soon be a new claim to fame among actors. It will go something like this: “Yeah, I do the embodiments for that [INSERT FAMOUS COMEDIAN NAME HERE] hologram.”

From Newsweek writer Polly Mosendz’s look at plans to have holograms of famous dead comedians in place next summer when the National Comedy Center opens in Jamestown, New York:

For these comedy legends, Hologram USA is considering using a real actor, who operates in real time, directing the hologram.

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