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Rockin’ Romania: How Holokid broke barriers for holographic technology over a 5G network.

Picture this: You’re at a rock concert, watching four guitarists, a drummer, and a keyboardist on stage perform in perfect sync. The sounds, the visuals, the experience—it’s flawless. You might have been fooled though because only three of the four guitarists are actually standing there in front of you. What if one of the guitarists was, in fact, a life-size ultrarealistic hologram standing in a studio a couple of miles down the road? Come again?

One might wonder as to how this was made possible. Luca Mihail, a talented 11-year old guitarist was asked to join rock band, Vita de Vie, on stage during their performance at Romexpo in Bucharest.

The only catch was that Luca had severe stage fright. Not wanting to turn down the opportunity to play with the band, the producers turned to Vodafone Romania to help find a way Luca could still perform, but without the intimidation of the live audience. With the help of Musion 3D’s Eyeliner display, an ultra-realistic, life-sized, interactive 3D holographic video shows, and effects display, Dejero’s state-of-theart mobile transmitters and receivers, and Vodafone Romania’s 5G network, they were able to holographically place Luca on the stage while he played in a private studio, two kilometers away. They named him, Holokid.