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‘HOLOSCOPE’ Headset Claims to Solve AR Display Hurdle with True Holography

Road to VR

Holograms are so bamboozling that the term often gets used colloquially to mean ‘fancy-looking 3D image’, but holograms are actually a very specific and interesting method for capturing light field scenes which have some real advantages over other methods of displaying 3D imagery.

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What holograms are and why they matter in XR

The Ghost Howls

For instance, in this blog post by Facebook , the researchers mention the innovation of using a “holographic lens” instead of a classical optical lens, and how it should be able to reduce the size of an XR headset. FRL Research is experimenting with holographic displays in AR headsets. Further references.