Plasma Hologram

SIGGRAPH 2006. The hologram is generated with infrared lasers which ionize the air where they intersect.

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• siggraph
• plasma
• laser
• hologram
• ion

[Mindbleach]

I love how the geeks behind this made it work, but is a 100 voxel-per-second 3D display really worth the constant smell of ozone?

[xmnemonic]

yes

[GasMaskGuy343]

No he's not. You're an idiot.

[cblazer]

so we are officially 10 years away from this being in a side arm

[wbeaty]

Don't stick your finger in there. Not a hologram, IT'S A WEAPON.

R2D2 could have fought off the Jawas by poking holes in them using Princess Leia.

[lllllCRACKERZllllll]

YYYEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH light zzzzzzaaaaaaaberrrrrrrrrr on

[Snoogumss]

@allismind Why not?

[ella5024]

@xmnemonic Are they negative ions, or positive ions?

[Kiefertje]

@allismind This is better because it's actually 3d and not just an illusion

[ossumguywill]

@demonibs I'm guessing they're using pumped 1064nm to get a nice quality beam, but power I have no idea.

[allismind]

Technically, this is not a hologram.

[demonibs]

Do you know what's the laser's wavelength and it's power..?

[DeimosSaturn]

They should have it spell out the words "help me obi won kinobi, you're my only hope"