By The University of Arizona has been working on holographic technology since 1990, but recent developments made the scientists believe a holographic TV could be on the market as early as 2017.
Researchers just created the fastest 3D motion hologram, which was inspired mainly by Star Wars. The available hologram can only refresh every two seconds, but enough can change in 10 years so that we can have a holographic TV.
Star Wars Hologram
To create the 3D illusion, the researchers used 16 different cameras pointed at a single object. Holographic pixels – called hogels – shoot at a plastic screen, using a laser, and by reacting chemically, the image is stored on the screen, thus creating the hologram.
There are still several things required for a cheap holographic TV to be manufactured, such as higher frame rate and a screen to display the image. However, because important improvements have already been made, it is only a matter of a short time until we can see monsters from horror movies crawling out of our walls or football matches being played in our living room.
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