Holograms are here!

[tarchon]

We once had a breadbox but it was used to contain almost everything but bread.

 

[Fast Learner]

I just want to reinforce (as another of the party poopers) that this is NOT holographic. In fact right there on the home page it specifically says "These non-holographic images".

 

[Gnarlo]

Wait, I'm confused...

So how big would a holographic breadbox be?

/gnarlo *brain exploding*

 

[Zander]

I just want to reinforce (as another of the party poopers) that this is NOT holographic.

Yes and no. Each unit produces a 2D image, so in that sense it's not holographic. However, it seems to me that with multiple connected units and the necessary hard & software, you could have each unit create a different layer of a 3D image. Stack & coordinate the images and voila - a holographic projection.

Eat your heart out R2 (if you have a heart).

 

[tarchon]

Yes and no. Each unit produces a 2D image, so in that sense it's not holographic. However, it seems to me that with multiple connected units and the necessary hard & software, you could have each unit create a different layer of a 3D image. Stack & coordinate the images and voila - a holographic projection.

Eat your heart out R2 (if you have a heart).

"Not holographic" in this case is probably optical scientist jargon for "not generated using diffractive manipulation of the phase properties of light."

 

[Zander]

"Not holographic" in this case is probably optical scientist jargon for "not generated using diffractive manipulation of the phase properties of light."

True but the effect would be the same.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

We once had a breadbox but it was used to contain almost everything but bread.

So it was a "!breadbox"?

 

[Philomel III]

This is probably about the coolest thing since the cure for cancer... er, uh... what I mean to say is...


I gotta go.

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

Yes and no. Each unit produces a 2D image, so in that sense it's not holographic. However, it seems to me that with multiple connected units and the necessary hard & software, you could have each unit create a different layer of a 3D image. Stack & coordinate the images and voila - a holographic projection.

Or in other words, like a 21st century version of Disney's multiplane animation process. Parallax scrolling.