Hitachi put their Tokyo executive on a Delhi stage as a live hologram

A hologram display puts a life-size figure inside a transparent optical enclosure, so a room reads it as occupying space rather than as footage on a panel. The HoloBox uses an 86-inch 4K transparent display. Nothing is worn, nothing is issued at the door, and the lights stay up.

A green screen behind the speaker, chroma key removing it in real time, and the isolated figure sent to the HoloBox at up to 2K over Ethernet, WiFi or 4G. It renders inside the enclosure at full human height. HoloBox911 takes the captured feed through post afterwards.

Hitachi's executive addressed their New Delhi event from a Tokyo studio, live and life-size, with no drops across the presentation. The capture rig travels to the speaker instead of the speaker travelling to the audience. Some call it holoportation; the mechanics are the same.

Nothing is worn. The hologram is visible naked-eye to everyone present at once, which is what makes it usable on a stage in front of an assembled company rather than one delegate at a time.

For a keynote, yes. Hitachi's executive gave an afternoon to the address rather than the working week a Tokyo-Delhi round trip costs, and no flights were booked. The audience got him live at full height, not a broadcast - a distinction a video call cannot close.

Mains power and a connection: Ethernet, WiFi or 4G to stream live, or local media to run offline. It is self-contained - no rigging, no special lighting, no darkened room. Configuration-specific figures are in the HoloBox911 brochure.

An event hire is scheduled around the date: capture setup at the origin, a connectivity check, a rehearsal. A standing installation is scheduled around the site instead. HoloBox911 runs hardware, content, streaming and live show management end to end.