Holographic Projection Technologies of the Future are moving forward fast and as you can image there are many entrepreneurs who are dreaming up some “Killer Applications” for this new science. In fact the one industry analyst from the Online Think Tank acknowledges that these technologies have a market value of 500 million to 1.5 Billion Dollars in the first 18 months to two years and that is just the Introduction.
In pops a new Chapter of technology as once again Science Fact catches up with Science Fiction. The Brief History of Holographic Tech is about to be written. Who dreamt up this new technology? Well believe it or not there are some Inventors of days gone by and some Historical Innovations leading up to modern day Holographic Imaging.
The Origins of Holographic Imaging in 2D are quite old and the thought of 3D on a two-dimensional plane we have all seen in pictures. 3D Movie theatres were also quite popular as the images appear to be all around you.
Today man is playing God with Holographic Imaging; “Let There Be Light” and now we are about to see the Bending and Blurring of Reality with holograms. Where Are We Today? Well there have been several Major Breakthroughs in Holographic Tech, especially in the Entertainment Industry.
The Holographic Phones we saw in Star Wars now exist thru a technology called Spectral Imaging and perfected by IBM. It is most often used as a business marketing tool, but soon it will be used in education as a way to project or display holographic looking virtual images, avatars or people. The future commeth and Holographic Images are part of that future.
L. Winslow is an Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entreprenuer. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.
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