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[Bertramn]

I recently watched the Anime Psycho Pass.
Taking the basic idea behind Minority Report,
it builds a P.K.Dick-ian scenario in a world with a lot of Cyberpunk elements.
The story takes place in a world where not pre-crime, but potential of criminal behavior is punishable,
and might be punishable by death.

What I wanted to discuss,
is whether the Hologram technology which is portrayed in the series,
is a more beneficial/more realistic choice, for use by and for the public.

In the series, the Virtual Reality exists, in a similar cyberspace way as in Shadowrun,
but AR is virtually non-existant, with a few exceptions,
or at least it is not shown more than these exceptions.

One of these few exceptions is the smart-gun the police use (the Dominator),
projecting information on the targets onto the policemens retinas.
(Exhibit A; Exhibit B)

Aside from that, most situations where in post 4th edition Shadowrun,
AR is used, you see Holograms.
The city deploys Drones, which can project Holograms across a street, to mark is as closed,
or which can take the form of cutesey Avatars, while making Public Service Announcements.
People have the option to dress in a neutral way, and project a different wardrobe on top of it.
The same can be done with their living-spaces, which look very plain usually, but which are enhanced to look baroque, or fancy modern, with Holographic projections.
Also the policemen can too project on top of themselves the Avatars the drones use.

Also Holograms can be used in a similar way AR can, and the Google Glasses were supposed to be,
by projecting upon the wrist of the wearer windows to interact with, and to get information from.

A Hologram in human form is possible, though Holograms that could be mistaken for real-life humans require extreme skill,
and an excessive amount of work.
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I definetly see this as superior choice to AR for public use,
because it does not require everybody to have access to both your AR feed,
and AR in general.

A PSA in AR is useless to people without their goggles on,
so it might prove impotent in preventing mass panics and the like.
Projecting clothing upon yourself, or projecting a nice interior upon the walls of your home in AR,
only works if you have your goggles on, and even then you might not see it RAW.

Also I always hated having to describe to the players the location itself,
and then having to describe it with AR included, for those that use AR atm.
With Holograms one explanation suffices.

Whether or not a Hologram can be made to look as realistic as life,
and whether or not it is possible without a stationary energy source is not part of this discussion.
Let us just assume a yes on both fronts.