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0 pointsdefterGoose3y ago0 comments

Nitpick: not a real hologram.

Additionally, it sounds like a massively power intensive way to do volumetric display. I don't know the total conversion efficiency to photons, but it can't be that high.

More recent techniques like stacked panels might be a better way forward for this.

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Olreich3y ago

So what is the definition of a real hologram? Lots of points of light in 3D outside of the media projecting it seems like exactly what I’d expect for a hologram.

defterGooseOP3y ago

For it to be a hologram, you'd need to be able to reproduce arbitrary wavefronts in real time. This gives you the ability to have features like occlusion, which you don't have with a "points of light" display. I.e., everything will appear translucent.

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