All the stories tagged with: hologram
Hologram-like helpers coming to New York airports in July
05/23/2012, The Port Authority of New York has announced plans to add new customer service agents to LaGuardia, Newark and JFK airports this coming July. These are not ordinary agents though, they are computerized hologram-like agents that will be deployed to [...]
Golden Tiger projection terrorizes the streets of Paris
02/13/2012, Coming face to face with a big cat can be a terrifying prospect, especially when you do not have the technical know-how of a trainer or a zoo keeper, and just as a hungry man is an angry man, so [...]
Holograms add zest to your smartphone
12/02/2011, I know that touchscreen displays are all the rage these days, which is why it makes perfect sense to pair up your recent smartphone purchase with a protective case as well as a protective layer for the display. You can’t [...]
Verizon Wireless trademarks hologram
11/27/2011, I must admit that between the LG Optimus 3D and the HTC Evo 3D, I prefer the former’s 3D display as it seems more real and vivid, although I myself am a HTC diehard. Ah well, love goes beyond mere [...]
Apple patent sounds like the Xbox Kinect
09/14/2011, The concepts of the various technology seen in the movie Minority Report seem to be rather popular, and given the rate at which technology is progressing, it’s only a matter of time before we see it being made into reality, [...]
London airport recruits holograms to make announcements
01/31/2011, If you walk into the Luton Airport in London today, and are lining up to get through security, don’t be alarmed if you feel like you’ve stepped into some 90s sci-fi film. Luton Airport has decided to enlist the help [...]
Kinect hack offers Holographic chat for cheap
01/24/2011, Microsoft’s Kinect sensor has been used in many cool hacks and now the folks over at the MIT Media Lab might be coming up with something that we’ve been dreaming of playing with since we were kids, holographic images. While [...]
Holocube brings projections to real life
01/24/2011, Remember the holographic message that R2-D2 stored in his memory, only to show his hand when he bumps into pretty Princess Leia? Well, that day might not be so far away in the future as the Holocube presentation machine is [...]
Kinect hack allows you to chat with holographic avatars
12/17/2010, Don’t you think that there are more than enough Kinect hacks around already after it was opened up to the masses? Well, just before you get turned off by Kinect hacks for good, why not check this one out. UC-Davis [...]
Concept: iHolo Mini Cellphone Uses Holograms To Interact With You
09/09/2010, We’re still quite a long way off from having holographic technology on everyday consumer devices, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dream about it. A designer has come up with the iHolo, which is a futuristic phone that uses holographic [...]
Verizon looks to push holograms in living rooms within the decade
08/25/2010, Verizon thinks that 3D television is going to be old hat pretty soon if they have their way – after all, Cisco is predicting that in a decade’s time, holograms over IP will be the next big thing, finally entering [...]
Holograms become touchable in Japan
07/29/2010, A team at Tokyo University managed to think of a method to make holograms “touchable”, instead of just having your hand slide right through a projection of light. Of course, this method they came across will not give you the [...]
Sony Disc and Digital Solutions looking to improve hologram technology
05/13/2010, Holograms have been used as gimmicks to enhance comic book covers in the past (Wolverine #75, anyone?) as well as collectible cards like the super rare Spiderman vs Venom hologram card from the Marvel Universe Series IV Skybox collection, not [...]
