The images of customer service workers John and Julie were created by the same company which brought the chart-topping animated band Gorillaz to life on stage.
The recordings of actual employees John Walsh and Julie Capper will appear as travellers enter the security search area at Terminal 1. They will explain the liquid restrictions and remind passengers to have their boarding cards ready.
Bosses at the airport say it has become the first in the world to introduce holograms as part of its passenger security preparation.
Julie Armstrong, customer services director at Manchester Airport, said: "We are always looking for new ways to improve the experience of our airport for customers but four years after the restrictions were introduced, passengers understandably forget about liquids.
"We don't want anyone to have to throw their drink or make-up away so we've tried lots of different ways to reinforce the liquid rules, from posters to people dressed up as giant deodorant cans! Maybe holograms are the answer."
The cutting-edge technology developed with hi-tech firm Musion also provides the option of recording other scripts to use at the airport.
Mr Walsh said: "The liquid restrictions remain an area of confusion for many of our passengers and it's something we still have to spend a lot of time reminding our passengers.
"That can slow the process down for everyone and that's something we want to find a solution to."
The holograms will be in place from Monday. Other airports around the UK are investigating their installation, the airport said. Tweet
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Love it - Excellent idea!
If your job can be done by a hologram, you're stuffed.
Good luck Mr Walsh & Mrs Capper
Why are passengers confused regarding liquids? DON'T TAKE ANY! Simples
Money well spent ! more jobs should be cut to provide the travellers with the much needed 'holoprams'.
I would sacrifice my job to see the hologram of david cameron wearing a mankini and welcoming the shoppers to arndale:)
It's not April 1st yet, is it?!
Great, another system useless to the Deaf, can't they have them signing too?
what a waste of money.....
I don't want to overly boast of my prowess but..... bet you i get her phone number when i chat her up on Monday lol.
Money to burn, eh?
that looks cool but do you think she will look that happy in a couple of years when they make her redundant
We could do with a load of these in the house of commons, then at least we could program them to do what we want. Mind you, then they would just invent holograms that were bent
What an opportunity wasted...all that technology to create a hologram version of another person and they DON'T put a holographic 'H' on their forehead! Eesh... ;)
Theres a smeggin good job for you Rimmer !
Manchester airport is NOT the first in the world to introduce holograms.
Man City have had them for 35 years!
Could they be used to fill the empty seats at Eastlands.
I love the way the MEN draw you in with a headline about Security guards when the truth is it's just customer service information provided in a novel way!
I want to read the alternative version where the headlines actually reflect the story
Will she cross the picket line when there is a strike on? Tut tut if she does, support your colleagues love.
It's not a very good likeness, they have even got her hair parted on the wrong side. ;-p
One step closer to being like Total Recall !!!!
They aren't holograms, it's just an image projected on to a person shaped screen. More money to waste by MAG.
It's not a hologram, it's just a projector. I was there the other day and nobody was paying the slightest bit of attention. Waste of money.
How soon before MAG gets rid of the staff who the holograms replaced? Ever get the sense that they are trying to reduce the workforce to maximise profit? God help them in a power cut!
I only hope the Chief Constables do not read this or we will have them on every street corner for high level policing.
More Job cuts!!!
I went thro the airport recently and after my bag went thro the Xray, the robot in charge made me buy a plastic bag for £1 to put my toothpaste in. I bet my fellow passengers were relieved to know they were now that much safer !!