The Weather Channel’s amazing new “Immersive Mixed Reality”

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

The Weather Channel this week introduced new technology that will add astonishing visual effects to their broadcasts. Check out this Co.Design article, with video, where you can see a demo in which the anchorman barely escapes being crushed by a flying car and struck by a downed power line during a tornado. It’s startlingly realistic.

Link: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90176637/the-weather-channels-new-storm-graphics-are-totally-insane

Update: The article link is no longer good. But I found the video on YouTube.

About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach literature, film studies, political science, and communication. I also volunteer with a Milwaukee homeless sanctuary, Repairers of the Breach, as chair of the Communications and Fund Development Committee.
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3 Responses to The Weather Channel’s amazing new “Immersive Mixed Reality”

  1. Karen J Spivey says:
    June 24, 2018 at 2:11 pm

    It’s getting harder and harder to tell what is really real and what is technology!!

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  2. Sara Cissna says:
    June 27, 2018 at 11:40 am

    Holy Cow! That was great!! Amazing. Impactful. I’m buying my helmet today!

    Liked by 1 person

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