© 2024 Ideastream Public Media

1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(216) 916-6100 | (877) 399-3307

WKSU is a public media service licensed to Kent State University and operated by Ideastream Public Media.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

South Korea: Holograms Used in Protest Instead of People

To Seoul, South Korea now -- where protests take on a bit of a different look. Protesters gathered in the South Korean capital in a show of support for free speech and assembly -- but in the virtual form.

The group called Amnesty International requested to hold a rally with human protesters, but they were rejected. So instead, they recorded 120 volunteers and activists marching and chanting on a green screen in a film studio and then projected those images as holograms.

A hologram is a three-dimensional picture made by a complex pattern of light. 

The group says more and more protests have been banned in South Korea, a sign of further restriction on freedom of expression. A virtual protest was staged last year in Spain, but the group hopes for more human protests in the future, stating that “assembly is a human right.”

Instructional Links

Encyclopedia Article: World Book Student, Holography

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar259710&st=hologram#tab=homepage

May Need Password

Video: PBS LearningMedia, Physics Girl, How 3D Holograms Work 

http://ideastream.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/3d-holograms-physicsgirl-video-1029/how-3d-holograms-work-physics-girl/

Website Article: Optics 4 Kids, Holograms

http://www.optics4kids.org/home/content/other-resources/articles/holograms/

Website Article: Time for Kids, Day in the Life, South Korea

http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/south-korea/day-in-life