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Holocaust Holograms Teach History

A historical account is always better when it comes directly from someone who experienced it, and scientists at USC have come up with a way to offer firsthand accounts to students even after the storyteller is long dead.

Utilizing hologram technology, Holocaust survivors are being recorded and saved so that generations of students will be able to benefit from hearing their stories.

Reporting on the development tech site CNet states, "USC is teaming with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and design firm Conscience Display to develop installations that let students and others converse with the hyper-photorealistic life-size digital versions of the survivors. Viewers ask questions, and the holograms respond, thanks to Siri-style natural-language technology, also developed at USC, that allows observers to ask questions that trigger relevant, spoken answers."

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