Display Holography's Digital Second Act

• Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 918 - 928
• Main Author: Bove, V. Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.04.2012; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Diffraction; Digital; display; Glass; Graphics; Holograms; Holographic optical components; Holography; Image reconstruction; Imaging; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Projection; telepresence; Television; Three dimensional; Three dimensional displays

Holography, with its stunning 3-D realism and its expressive potential, in the 1970s and 1980s seemed poised to become the next step in the evolution of visual display. Yet apart from certain specialized niches, display holograms are perhaps more rarely encountered in everyday life than they were 20...