A project at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed a new approach to the creation of dynamic 3D holographic projections, one that could be employed in virtual reality ...

The TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced millions of people to the idea of a holodeck: an immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact ...

To generate holograms, we need to prepare the data of 3D objects first. Usually, the data of 3D objects can be obtained by using 3D scanners or manual modeling. In this process, it is necessary to pay ...

Recently, Paris’ Grand Palais was awash in the cascade of a virtual waterfall, transforming the beaux-arts palace into a captivating scene from the lost city of Atlantis. TeamLab, a Japanese ...

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Remember the iconic scene from Star Wars, in which R2-D2 projects a hologram of Princess Leia saying, “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope?” That’s kind of what researchers at Southern ...

Do you remember that scene at the end of 2008’s The Dark Knight, where Batman finds The Joker by tapping into Gotham’s cellphone network to create a three-dimensional map of the city? Jump forward a ...

Big Brother is sitting inside your Wi-Fi router. The electromagnetic waves that allow us to wirelessly surf the internet can pretty much travel through anything, even walls. And now, scientists have ...

In 2021, a team at Cambridge University came up with the idea of a 3D holographic heads-up display for cars, promising it would improve driver safety on road. The key selling point was that a ...

“We’re dreaming about holograms,” said Alex Kipman of Microsoft, as he unveiled a new set of technologies that will bring 3D imaging and augmented reality to Windows. That’s right: holograms—possibly ...