That’s a pretty big proclamation but the Mirage 3D Hologram Generator sounds like it can back that claim up.
Looking more like a charger plate you would pick up at William Sonoma, the Mirage is more than meets the eye. Without getting too technical, you simply place any object underneath the lid and watch as it is faithfully recreated above in full 3D. The device relies on optical lenses accurate down to millionths of an inch. The end result is a mirage so detailed, you would swear it were real until you see objects pass right through it.
The Mirage is currently being used in education and POP displays. It’s also getting popular at trade shows where realistic holograms offer onlookers and gawkers a good look but no touch. Personally I can’t wait to see hordes of people rushing to see the next Apple “fill in the blank” only to be duped as they hopelessly grope at air.
Another picture after the jump.
[Via New Launches]
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February 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Wasn’t this something that was invented like a billion years ago? I can remember seeing one at “The Sharper Image” in my youth. I remember it using a penny in the middle.
February 26th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Yeah the technology has been around for awhile but optical lenses are only now precise enough to mimic objects well enough to fool people.