Looking Glass starts shipping its 8K holographic display
I saw an earlier prototype at a Demosplash at CMU. It was <i>really</i> incredibly cool in certain instances. 3D objects really looked like they were &quot;in&quot; the volume of the display and moving my body or head from side-to-side was pretty flawless.<p>That being said, it also had limitations. 3D effects that extended beyond the display (like a tunnel, or some larger effect) lost that depth to me, and there&#x27;s no up-down 3D, only side-to-side. The one I saw was also not as high-resolution as you might think, the effective resolution was the resolution&#x2F;elements where each element was a particular angle the display was to be viewed from and the computer had to render the display from each angle simultaneously. The prototype I saw had the effect of looking a bit like 3d objects underwater.<p>Still, it was the closest thing I&#x27;ve seen to a volumetric display outside of a lab, and in the cases where it <i>really</i> worked (things inside the volume of the display) it was kind of jaw dropping.<p><i>edit</i> here&#x27;s the pouet page for the demo I saw 
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pouet.net&#x2F;prod.php?which=78756" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pouet.net&#x2F;prod.php?which=78756</a><p>This video is from a handheld camera that moves around the display that&#x27;s helpful to understand how it works <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=US7hzM0a21E&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=US7hzM0a21E&amp;feature=youtu.be</a>