In what seems like a scenario from a sci-fi movie, a UK university will soon be projecting guest lessons from professors halfway across the globe.
Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England has begun beaming in lecturers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) using holographic technology, the Guardianreports. The lecturers, specializing in sports science, will teach fashion students how to create "immersive shows," according to the publisher. In addition, management students will also be taught.
SEE ALSO:5 ways AI changed the internet in 2023Loughborough University's pro-vice-chancellor Professor Rachel Thomson told the Guardianthat the strategy could help the university with its sustainability goals, particularly when it comes to flying in guest lecturers from around the world. The university's director of undergraduate studies, Professor Vikki Locke, added that the holographic images are "a lot more engaging and real" to students.
The technology will be officially indoctrinated into the university's curriculum in 2025, after a trial year. The holographic figures will be projected into classrooms with the help of Proto, an LA-based company offering holographic communications.
David Nussbaum, Proto's founder, said in an interview with The Guardian, "It’s awe-inspiring, it’s jaw-dropping, I’ve been in shock at how amazing the interactions are. AI is part of our life, whether people like it or not."
The technology has long been used for entertainment purposes: posthumous performances have taken place, from Tupac Shakur headlining at Coachella in 2012, to other artists and groups holding holographic concerts, like ABBA, Whitney Houston, and Amy Winehouse. Holographic meetings are also on the horizon, as Mashable reported two years ago. And now, holograms might soon make a splash in the world of academia.
TopicsVirtual Reality
(责任编辑：時尚)
Singapore gets world's first driverless taxis
'Unusual' water temps may mean a quiet 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
Best friends crash a date wearing hilarious disguises
Shut the f*ck up, Marco RubioThe U.S. will no longer have the final say on internet domain namesThere's a big piece of fake chicken stuck to this phone case
If the perfect smartphone case signals a bit about who its owner is, then this silicon fried chicken
...[详细]Astronaut photo shows the Kilauea volcano's orange glow from space
From the ground, the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island looks like a hellish mouth open
...[详细]Americans aren't sold on the idea of returning astronauts to the moon
Interest in the final frontier isn’t going anywhere.Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center
...[详细]The hang loose emoji is everywhere thanks to the existential dread that is 2018
It's on Twitter, in company meetings, and in group chats with disparate groups of friends. Recently,
...[详细]Pokémon Go is so big that it has its own VR porn parody now
Behind every great entertainment property there's a cheekily named porn parody. Super Hornio Bros. G
...[详细]
While the world's eyes watch Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un meet in Singapore, journalists have seemin
...[详细]Here's how to finally trade Pokémon and add friends on Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go trainers, brace yourselves. You can begin trading Pokémon this week.The pop
...[详细]Pornhub rolls out 'Pornhub Nation,' an interactive escape from reality
If you ever wanted to know what the future would look like according to Pornhub, get to Los Angeles
...[详细]Carlos Beltran made a very interesting hair choice
Apparently the Texas Rangers' Carlos Beltran is taking hair advice from another Carlos in sports --
...[详细]'Sekiro' feels like 'Dark Souls' wrapped up in an Akira Kurosawa film
There is something so beautifully fitting about From Software entering the pantheon of Japanese arti
...[详细]The five guys who climbed Australia's highest mountain, in swimwear
Facebook's journalism project announcement contains a big typo
