The dawn of cyber politicians | France | Al Jazeera
On February 5, political activist Hugo Poidevin attended a rally in Paris to listen to a speech by the French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, a leftist politician with a penchant for cutting edge technology.But Melenchon was not actually at the Paris rally – at least not in the flesh. He was delivering a speech in Lyon, nearly 400km away.Poidevin, along with thousands of others, gathered in the French capital, facing an empty stage, in anticipation of what would be a first in French politics.”Resistance!” the crowd in Lyon chanted, as Melenchon began to speak there.”Where am I? In Lyon?” Melenchon said, rousing the Lyon audience. He snapped his fingers. “And now, in Paris.”Preluded by a blue flash, Melenchon appeared – as if from thin air – in Paris, in the form of a two-dimensional hologram.
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