A grandma answered questions at her own funeral when she appeared as a hologram to speak to mourners - and even spilt previously unheard family secrets. Marina Smith passed away in June at the age of 87, and shortly after her cremation, those in attendance were invited to ask her questions as she was recreated in avatar form.
Before her death, Marina had recorded interviews with her son, Stephen Smith, for his company StoryFile, who then edited the footage into excerpts which could be used to answer questions at her funeral. Then, voice-recognition software was used to find the best sound clips from the interview to respond to whichever question was asked.
