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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 21 May 2018
‘Jurassic Park’ dinosaur expert’s next big thing: holograms

By MATT VOLZ science of paleontology oping the exhibit’s story
Associated Press across to the general pub- line for a couple of months,
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — For- lic,” Horner said in a recent with plans to have multiple
get the gray, green and interview with The Associat- traveling exhibits ready to
brown dinosaurs in the “Ju- ed Press. “Like taking them launch by spring 2019.
rassic Park” movies. Paleon- into the field or taking them The company wants to
tologist Jack Horner wants into my laboratory and place them in museums,
to transport people back then using the technology science centers and oth-
in time to see a feathered that we have to show peo- er institutions where they
Tyrannosaurus rex colored ple what dinosaurs were re- might spur debate among
bright red and a blue tricer- ally like.” scientists who don’t share
atops with red fringe similar That understanding of the theory that dinosaurs
to a rooster’s comb. what dinosaurs looked like were colorful, feathered
Horner, who consulted has changed a lot since creatures.
with director Steven Spiel- the original “Jurassic Park” “The controversy is OK be-
berg on the “Jurassic Park” in 1993. For example, re- cause it makes people
films, is developing a three- searchers now believe di- talk,” said Base Hologram
dimensional hologram nosaurs were much more executive vice president In this May 21, 2016, file photo, Jack Horner sits under Montana’s
exhibit that will showcase bird-like than lizard-like, and Michael Swinney. T-Rex in the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont.
the latest theories on what scientists studying dinosaur Live performances using Associated Press
dinosaurs looked like. He skulls have found keratin, a holograms have gained at- concerts by late singers Roy can be used with virtual
is working with entertain- substance that gives birds tention in recent years, no- Orbison and Marie Callas. and augmented reality
ment company Base Holo- their bright colors. tably through concerts that As the field becomes more technologies.
gram to create an exhibit “We can see at least areas feature likenesses of dead competitive, the company “What we do now is, when
that will let people feel as that could be vividly col- performers such as Michael is seeking new areas to ap- we want to envision some-
though they’re on an ar- ored, very much like birds, Jackson and Tupac Shakur. ply the technology, such as thing, we get an artist to
chaeological dig, inside a and there’s no reason to Until now, Base Hologram, science, CEO Brian Becker paint it,” Horner said.
laboratory and surrounded make them different from a subsidiary of the live en- said. “Now, we’re going to be
by dinosaurs in the wild. birds,” Horner said. tertainment company Base Horner previously worked able to create a 3-D im-
“I’m always trying to figure Horner and Base Hologram Entertainment, has used with Microsoft to create his mersive experience a lot
out a good way to get the workers have been devel- the technology to put on dinosaur holograms that better than a painting.”q