via BBC. You’ve seen it in many sci-fi movies… but looks like it may soon be a reality. Apparently, a University of Arizona team says it has devised a system that can create a holographic display in another place, and then update it in near real-time. Can we say hologram FACE-TIME!?
How does it work?
- Many different perspectives of the object or person (1) are captured on a series of cameras arranged in an arc or circle
- That information is processed (2) and sent through a computer link. It could conceivably be sent anywhere in the world
- The 3D holographic printing system (3) receives the information and drives the laser that writes the images on to the screen
- The photosensitive polymer (4) will update every two seconds; a light is needed to illuminate the changing holograms