Suspended in midair like science fiction holograms, a new technology can create high-resolution 3-D light displays. Nature Video finds out how it works.
This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on January 24, 2018. It is a Nature Video production.
A glowing image resembling a futuristic hologram floats in mid-air. This is a 3D volumetric display. Using a tiny particle suspended in laser light, researchers have been able to create high resolution, colour images that take up real 3D space. Developing this technology could lead to the kind of complex, interactive displays common in science fiction.
Read more at: http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01125-y
And find the original paper at: www.nature.com/nature/journal/v553/n7689/full/nature25176.html
