Neowin News Feed for: Holograms

You can now grab 3D holograms with your bare hands for real, there is no trickery

Sayan Sen — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:46:01 +0000

Science researchers develop floating 3D holographic visuals you can see and physically interact with, and it is completely real. Read more...

Microsoft's HoloLens is first target in rash of AR patent suits planned

John Keefer — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:16:02 +0000

Wielding two patents related to interacting with holographic images, HoloTouch has taken aim at Microsoft's HoloLens in a new patent infringement suit. More suits against other companies are planned. Read more...

Microsoft takes the wraps off Mixed Reality capture studios

John Keefer — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:56:01 +0000

The company is placing increasing emphasis on its Mixed Reality initiative, now launching a new capture studio and academy in San Francisco for developers and creators to learn more about the tech. Read more...

Want to share your home with someone but hate people? Here's a holographic wife from Japan

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:16:01 +0000

A company from Japan has developed a device which can project a hologram inside of it. That hologram, is Azuma Hikari, a new holographic wife or personal assistant for lonely people. Read more...

Microsoft's mobile holoportation lets you transmit holograms from inside your car

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has been developing "holoportation" as a new way of communicating when wearing a HoloLens or HTC Vive head-mounted display. Now the team managed to create a mobile version of the system. Read more...

Microsoft finally shows the HoloLens' real field of view

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:18:25 +0000

For the first time ever, Microsoft is showing the public what the HoloLens' real field of view actually is. This is part of a video highlighting the device's possible applications in education. Read more...

Microsoft files for trademark for 'HoloPets', hints at a future filled with virtual animals

Camden Krupala — Fri, 29 May 2015 20:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has filed for a trademark for HoloPets, which may potentially be the official name for the virtual pets we saw at BUILD 2015 when Microsoft first demonstrated HoloLens. Read more...

Microsoft develops HoloLens content using a Holographic TV Studio

Nirave Gondhia — Mon, 25 May 2015 05:12:01 +0000

The Microsoft HoloLens is the most futuristic virtual/augmented reality device on the market but how do you create content for the next-generation device? Why, with a holographic TV studio of course!! Read more...

Autodesk bakes HoloLens support into Maya

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:54:01 +0000

Autodesk, the company behind Maya, has announced that it's planning to support Microsoft's upcoming HoloLens device. Models designed in Maya will show up seamlessly on HoloLens. Read more...

High tech holographic video in your glasses

Christopher White — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:40:26 +0000

Like something out of a sci-fi movie, Vuzix has found a way to put a hologram in your glasses without the need for an unsightly battery pack. Read more...

2-D Holograms Make 3-D Color Display

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:13:34 +0000

Researchers from Seoul National University have developed a three-dimensional color display that uses a set of six holograms and is made from relatively compact and inexpensive components. The three-dimensional displays could eventually be used to... Read more...

3D holograms to crack forgeries

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:18:57 +0000

Forged documents could be signed off for good with a new technique that produces a 3D hologram of handwriting. Through virtual reality and image processing, tiny pressure bumps in writing can be analysed to spot... Read more...

Holograms - The Future Without The Funny Glasses

Mon, 04 Nov 2002 08:47:39 +0000

The newest 3-D video displays herald an interactive future for imaging. A half-meter-long protein floats in midair, several centimeters in front of a monitor. It looks like an oversize curled ribbon from a... Read more...