EEVblog #103 - World's Largest Laser Hologram with Dr Phil

Dave & Dr Phil check out the world's largest depth of field laser hologram display at Macquarie University.
It was part of the Paula Dawson exhibition. The bar display is titled "To Absent Friends"
This hologram was created in 1988 and is still the worlds largest to this day. They don't make holographic plates this big any more!
The resolution on this entire room display is incredible and was hard the catch on camera in the low light, but you can read the labels on the bottles as if they are right in front of you, and the light reflections in the crystal vases and other objects was simply amazing.
See a behind the scenes video of how it was created here:
http://www.pauladawson.com.au/
(click through to the To Absent Friends video)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• laser
• hologram
• 3d
• paula
• dawson
• art
• display
• exhibition
• projection
• large
• dr
• phil

[holojay]

And just to think it was made in 1989!

[EEVblog]

@holojay Yeah, and the plates are still in amazing condition!

[stumpodeath]

Seriously man.... you need to remove the increasing upward inflection from the intro

[EEVblog]

@stumpodeath It's called a High Rising Terminal, and it's a natural part of my voice and Australian accent.

[Supermassively]

@EEVblog That's awesome that you're aware of the nature of your accent. I don't think most people think about it. You have to wonder how many Indians actually think about the sing-song tone of their accents.

[EEVblog]

@Supermassively My voice sucks, I know it, but I don't give a shit, it is what it is. I produce content, and those that criticise my voice or style etc don't produce anything, they just like to remain anonymous and whinge. They don't even realise they just look like spectacular fools. I won't get a radio announcer job any time soon - oh wait, I do have my own new radio show too!... Damn you gotta love the Internet! Publish and be damned.

[EEVblog]

@EEVblog Sorry, not directed at you, it was just a general rant to those like @stumpodeath who post stupid comments about my voice. I get it all the time, a shame these people don't "get it".

[monkriddler]

Fantastic. I remember a local gallery had a hologram exhibition back in the early 80's. Is it possible to create a colour hologram using RGB lasers on a single photographic plate? Perhaps a pulse from each of the three colour lasers in quick succession (on a static object)?

[sirsideways]

Haha, "looks like they have let the Art students loose"

Looks extremely similar to my university by the lake.

[Films4You]

Leave you voice alone..

Ask Dr Phil about vibrations effecting Lasers.

Some Hologram making need tons of weight to stop any vibrations, or one light wave will be knocked out of reference

[natepepin09]

The ending made me laugh.

[linagee]

What's really cool about this is that even if we get super cool 3D technology (based on ICs and circuits), these may well last after 3D equipment fails. An IC based circuit will die once battery power or the entire electrical grid shuts down. These holograms could still be there thousands of years after! (If they are in a properly structured re-inforced building.)

[kiyotewolf]

ha ha.. could you imagine, having alot of those hologram room pictures, hanging up in the house, making the house seem like one, a haunted house, and two, like it's much bigger than it really is??

amusing.

[Nanovirus5995]

@EEVblog I think its great. Nice to listen to and Everything you say makes it interesting. I dont know a lot about programming and complex circuits but I still watch the videos Mainly becuase of your soothing voice :P Keep it up.

[elektronickz]

Nice stuff. But i don't see how I could use this for my new design! maybe one day I create my own world in there that nobody is allowed to touch. hehe.