December 03, 2003

Holographic Projection

As part of my research for my final project, I looked up some info on holographic projection, because I'm not crazy about head-mounted-displays (HMDs) or even stereo glasses--ultimately I'm thinking Holodeck! There are some promising developments in this area, that can be read about at the following links:

A Holographic Animation System

Holographic-like Sterogram Display

Summary of these papers: It is currently possible to project a 3D image into a 3D space, through the use of an LCD projector, a diffraction grating, a moveable mirror, and a holographic screen. The major limitation right now is how far in front of the screen the image can be projected--right now that distance is less than 10cm.

Posted by msteffen at December 3, 2003 09:32 AM

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Do you have the actual links, the ones posted are dead. As well I would like any additional information you might have developed.

Posted by: Richard at February 26, 2004 05:37 AM

Forgive me if this sounds too basic, but there's a handy rule of thumb (well, actually law of physics) about holography:

A holographic image can appear "projected" way in front of the holographic screen, or way behind, but the viewer must always be looking through the screen itself. There must be a line-of-sight relationship between the eye, the screen, and the image.

The press has a long history of confusing holography from "holgraphy." There are some very cool examples of each out there.

Hope this helps.

Posted by: naimark at February 26, 2004 06:06 AM

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