Saturday, February 9, 2008

Research news: Scientists One Step Closer to Holographic Movies

The News:
Scientists One Step Closer to Holographic Movies
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Morning Edition, February 8, 2008 · Scientists say they've taken a small step toward being able to make 3-D holographic movies.
That kind of technology might look familiar to fans of the movie Star Wars, which features R2-D2 beaming out a fuzzy, special-effects "hologram" of Princess Leia pleading, "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."
"This is our dream, to be able to make something like that," says Nasser Peyghambarian of the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Holograms are nothing new — you might have one on your credit card. But, Peyghambarian says, unlike the holographic Princess Leia, real-life holograms aren't dynamic. more...

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.

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