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ubj • today at 1:16 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

Dan Smalley's research lab at BYU is actively developing 3D volumetric holography technology.

https://youtu.be/N12i_FaHvOU

The video is a bit old, but it has a few fun demos of the capabilities they've developed.


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mojuba • today at 2:14 AM

Strictly speaking that's not holography if I understood it correctly. Holography is based on interference created by a surface with a special pattern, and it doesn't require any matter other than the diffractive surface. Whereas here they say they move "particles" (what particles? dust? atoms?). Still pretty cool of course and a thing on its own.

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ijustlovemath • today at 2:08 AM

I'm not sure if you can edit, but consider removing the ?is= parameter, to keep the link anonymous.

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adastra22 • today at 4:33 AM

That’s not a hologram though.

colordrops • today at 1:25 AM

Seems fun but also no idea how that could be scaled or made to work in consumer products.

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