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Thursday 18 May 2017

Super thin holograms will be awesome, probably

"Conventional computer-generated holograms are too big for electronic devices but our ultrathin hologram overcomes those size barriers," Gu said. "Our nano-hologram is also fabricated using a simple and fast direct laser writing system, which makes our design suitable for large-scale uses and mass manufacture. Integrating holography into everyday electronics would make screen size irrelevant - a pop-up 3D hologram can display a wealth of data that doesn't neatly fit on a phone or watch.

But surely the hologram can't appear above the surface of the screen, only below it ?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/ru-wth051617.php

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