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'Star Wars' & the definition of 'hologram'

12/21/2015

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What is a hologram?
 
Dictionaries say one thing, but popular discourse says much more. From its birth as a collage of post-WWII optical sciences through the 1970s, holography was an evolving but fairly easily defined practice. Its products were called holograms — photo-like film images that delivered a more three-dimensional view of the subject.
 
Then "Star Wars" happened.


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Remembering & appreciating Scott Miller

12/1/2015

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     And write the obit when you do
     He never ran out when the spirits were low
     A nice guy as minor celebrities go

     — Scott Miller, “Together Now, Very Minor”
 
I’ve been rightly accused of liking Beatlesque bands better than the actual Beatles. True, give me Big Star over the Fab Four any day. But given how rarely either band actually figures into my everyday universe, my dispositions are even one more generation removed. Truer, give me Scott Miller over Alex Chilton any other day.

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    I'm THOMAS CONNER, Ph.D. in Communication (Science Studies) and culture journalist.

    I study the cultural histories and media effects of holograms, AR tech, and virtual performance. I was a pop music critic for 20 years.
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