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Zebra Imaging already makes static prints--you don't need tons of processing power to display that. This display is for motion. http://www.zebraimaging.com/products/motion-displays

Well their page seems to have a bit more information and images at least. The motion displays page seemed useful. I didn't find anything that looked like the image on the fortune magazine page.

From the few details in TA, is sounds like they are well behind Zebra Imaging (http://www.zebraimaging.com/products/motion-displays), who have been working on this for several years backed by DARPA money. It's not something you'll have in your living room anytime soon, though.

First, I am an old school holographer and you have no idea what you are talking about. Look up the difference between transmission and reflective holograms. You are probably talking about transmission holograms that you may have seen on a credit card which take light from behind a transparent substrate. Credit cards simply have a reflective foil behind the hologram. Reflective holograms reflect light from very small indentations in the recording material, which store interference patterns from a data and reference beam. The color of a hologram is only limited by the color of the laser(s) used in the recording process. In other words, you have absolutely no understanding about how holographic images are actually created or stored nor the material in which they are stored.

As for dynamic, Zebra Imaging of Austin, TX has been developing a true dynamic full color, full parallax holographic display with funding from DARPA which currently runs upwards of 15 fps, with live content. It can even display live LIDAR scans of an environment. Trust me, I've seen this display in person. It's also tile-able from about 10"^2 to about 80"^2. Just because you can't comprehend how to make the math work doesn't mean someone more clever can't.

Also, check out a video from AutoDesk of their static stuff.

I can't believe people who have no understanding of the things they comment on get modded up.

I happen to know Michael Klug, one of the partners in Zebra Imaging. They're still doing holography like they've done for years now. Why do people think it's dead?

On a semi-related note, our family visited the Salador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, recently and they have a cool hologram of Alice Cooper that Dali did back in the '70s. Definitely worth checking out -- though I recommend waiting until their new building opens in Jan 2011.

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I understand that they already do that for static 3D images. Check out this company for some examples.

Zebra Imaging is the company behind it all. Might be slashdotted already...