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Real-Time Holograms Beam Closer To Reality

Posted by samzenpus on from the holodeck-here-I-come dept.

sciencehabit writes "It's not quite the flickering blue projection of Princess Leia begging, 'Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!' from the classic sci-fi movie Star Wars, but holographic projection has just beamed a bit closer to reality. Researchers in Arizona have devised a novel plastic film that can be used to generate holographic 3D images sent electronically from one location to another. The technology opens the door for everything from holographic surgery to movies that literally surround the viewer."

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  1. Bad news by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
    Without him life would be much dimmer
    He's handsome, brave, and no one's slimmer
    He will never use a Zimmer.

    (Let's just say that's one smeghead I never want to see again!)

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  2. Surgery? by countertrolling · · Score: 3, Funny

    How's a hologram going to take my appendix out?

    Oh...

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  3. Re:Movies that literally surround the viewer? by Flea+of+Pain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Porn. That is all.

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  4. Re:Projection into the air by Machtyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I never thought I'd see a Resonance Cascade, let alone create one...