I recently got a 4K TV that doesn’t work as well as I had hoped since TV stations aren’t all broadcasting in 4K. So when I first heard about 8K I thought, wait a second, let’s pump the breaks. There’s no way we need that, nor would it work as well as desired. But then I heard more about it. And was immediately sold. Thanks to the fact that we’re talking about a holographic display, not a regular TV. One that would make it seem like images were literally jumping off the screen, far eclipsing what 3D was supposed to be.
Inspired by Back to the Future the technology comes to us from the group of people who started the company Looking Glass. A group of people who are just like you and me. Inspired by Science Fiction and hell-bent on turning their dreams into reality. As they state on their website, “We’re fans of magic, invention, the future, and the 90s, and we’re committed to building the holographic future we were all promised growing up.”
It’s a future that’s just around the corner and nearly at our fingertips. Both literally and figuratively.
According to Digital Trends, “The company has now announced that it is bringing to market the world’s first 8K holographic display: an astonishing 33.2 million pixel beast with a billion-count color depth. At 32-inches, it’s not just the world’s largest holographic display but its highest fidelity, too. Without any of the head tracking required for VR or AR headsets, the display is capable of showing three-dimensional holographic images that look as though they’re bursting from the screen — projected into what you might think of as a fish tank of pixels.”
Just to be clear – we’re talking about something that works without AR or VR accessories. Meaning the effects can be seen by the naked eye. A total game-changer when it comes to having holographic displays go mainstream. In no time at all this technology could burst onto the scene and make an over-sized impact. Right before our eyes.
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