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June 27, 2012

Is it time to take holography seriously again?

Checking out the program for the International Symposium on Display Holography this week, it occurred to me that we’ve sort of already seen holography come and go, haven’t we? There was all kinds of buzz in the 1970s and 1980s, but it all seems to have fizzled out, but for the hologram on the credit card in my pocket and on some foreign currency. But, recently, the technology has bubbled up again, and it may be that this time around the world is ready to take advantage of holography’s benefits. Or not. 

Such is the subject of this week’s SPARVlog:

 

Links for further reference: 

• The Boston Globe previews the International Symposium on Display Holography

Schedule and program for the 9th Annual ISDH

An obituary for Ruben Nunéz from Holographer.org

Zebra Imaging blog post on their brush with CSI fame

Previous SPAR 3D article on where holographic technology is heading

Previous SPAR 3D blog on Holoxica’s real-time volumetric holography technology

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