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It involves generating holographic interference patterns. A computer-generated hologram can be displayed on a dynamic holographic display, or it can be printed onto a mask or film using lithography. [1] When a hologram is printed onto a mask or film, it is then illuminated by a coherent light source to display the holographic images.
A holographic display is a type of 3D display that utilizes light diffraction to display a three-dimensional image to the viewer. Holographic displays are distinguished from other forms of 3D displays in that they do not require the viewer to wear any special glasses or use external equipment to be able to see the image, and do not cause a vergence-accommodation conflict.
A holographic screen is a two-dimensional display technology that uses coated glass media for the projection surface of a video projector. "Holographic" refers not to a stereoscopic effect, but to the coating that bundles light using formed microlenses. The lens design and attributes match the holographic area.
Two photographs of a single hologram taken from different viewpoints. Holography is a technique that enables a wavefront to be recorded and later reconstructed. It is best known as a method of generating three-dimensional images, and has a wide range of other uses, including data storage, microscopy, and interferometry.
Figure 2. Optical arrangement for recording a rainbow hologram Optical arrangement for viewing a rainbow hologram. Figure 2 shows an optical arrangement for making a rainbow hologram. The object is illuminated with laser light (not shown in the diagram), and an image is formed in the plane of the hologram plate used to record the hologram.
Volumetric displays are one of several kinds of 3D displays. Other types are stereoscopes, view-sequential displays, [2] electro-holographic displays, [3] "two view" displays, [4] [5] and panoramagrams. Although first postulated in 1912, and a staple of science fiction, volumetric displays are not widely used in everyday life. There are ...
Unlike conventional wavefront holograms, specular holograms do not depend on wave optics, photographic media, or lasers. The principle of operation is purely one of geometric optics : A point light source produces a glint on a curved specular (shiny) surface; this glint appears to travel on the surface as the eye or light source moves.
A simple hologram [2] [3]: Section 3.2 can be made by superimposing two plane waves from the same light source on a light recording medium such as a photographic emulsion. The two waves interfere, giving a straight-line fringe pattern whose intensity varies sinusoidally across the medium. The spacing of the fringe pattern is determined by the ...