Imperial College Business School holds lectures with holograms as speakers

This London business school offers its students lectures with lecturers and speakers, represented by holograms, with whom they can interact live.

Technology, developed by hologram company AHRT Media and adapted by the Edtech Lab of the Imperial College Business School, will allow professors and guest speakers to present their papers in real time, through holograms, from studios located in a variety of global locations including the United States, Canada and Singapore.

The hologram will allow speakers to appear as life-size entities in 3D within one of the school's conference theatres and that, instead of projecting a pre-recorded message, can interact with students in real time, respond to audience reactions and questions via a camera link, as if they were physically present in the conference room.

AHRT Media's ability to display hyper-realistic human holograms, as well as all kinds of dynamic 3D content, allows you to offer a truly immersive experience and makes you feel like the speaker is really in the room.

The technology will also allow Imperial College Business School to host conferences in multiple classes and locations simultaneously., as well as holding panel discussions and roundtable events with a mix of face-to-face and virtual speakers.

“Introducing hologram technology into the classroom will break the limitations of traditional teaching by creating an interactive experience that benefits both students and academics.. Instead of replacing or reducing real-life lectures, hologram technology will provide greater flexibility for academics by allowing them to continue teaching while traveling, ensuring consistency and quality for students. It will also expand the scope to invite global leaders and industry influencers to give talks to students., thus enriching the learning experience", explains David Lefevre, director of the Edtech Lab.

The hologram is the latest addition to the catalog of technologies currently employed by the Edtech Lab to create more effective forms of learning.. Other recent innovations include a robo-tutor, an Artificial Inteligenica chatbot to support distance learners in MBA programs and an online Masters in Business Analytics.

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