Sony's Real Life Holographic Water Monster in Tokyo Bay

To promote an upcoming monster movie, Sony Pictures installed a holographic rig in Tokyo Bay that projects the monster onto a haze of water. What you're seeing in the video wasn't added after the fact—that's actually what it looks like in real life.

[via Core77 via Tokyo Times]

[#1 posted by RyanH , January 31, 2008 7:50 AM]

That right there just made my week. Man, that looks like it was fun to set up.

[#2 posted by Not a Doktor , January 31, 2008 9:01 AM]

it looks like the starwars holograms

[#3 posted by Hanglyman , January 31, 2008 9:04 AM]

It looks like it would be right at home in the "Flip City" montage from Ghostbusters 2.

[#4 posted by strider_mt2k , January 31, 2008 9:35 AM]

Very very cool.

I'd love to see it personally.

[#5 posted by Sam the Duck , January 31, 2008 10:31 AM]

Is it a hologram, or is it projections onto water?

[#6 posted by EdT. , January 31, 2008 11:27 AM]

That is awesome!!

Reminds me of my own crude attempt in Miami:
Miami Godzilla

[#7 posted by pork musket , January 31, 2008 11:28 AM]

Hell yeah, it looks like the Jaws ad from Back to the Future II. One step closer to hoverboards, Nike McFlys, and self-drying jackets.

[#8 posted by Anonymous , January 31, 2008 11:46 AM]

Holographic, or just projection? Folks have been projecting onto mist for a very long time; last example I saw was at the World's Fair in '92. If they've found a way to make this a real 3D show I'm impressed, otherwise... well, it's a nice effect but you need to change the headline.

[#9 posted by Freevo , January 31, 2008 2:24 PM]

It was for a Loch Ness Monster movie, the "water horse". Very cool though!

[#10 posted by paddysat , January 31, 2008 4:41 PM]

In 2004, Disneyland was doing this for a "parade" that they did around Tom Sawyer Island using the all the boats in the water surrounding the island. Don't know if they still do this or not (Where are the Boing Boing Disney nerds when we need 'em!?! Dang!).

I must admit that I thought it was pretty durn cool when I saw it in person.

[#11 posted by legomyeggo , January 31, 2008 6:22 PM]

The show in Disneyland is "Fantasmic." It's arguably better in Disneyworld (auditorium seating). It's their late night show, usually two per night, and they use three "screens" of water that they project on. Not holographic, but really cool. They use pyrotechnics(sp), live acting and lots of boats in the moat to enhance the show... I highly recommend it.

If I had to guess, the monster in the water is definitely not holographic.

-Disney nerd...guilty.

[#12 posted by morehumanthanhuman , January 31, 2008 9:30 PM]

I wonder if it looks flat if you move? I have some ideas for this given the cheap price of projectors...