Hologram Experts Can Now Create Real-Life Images That Move in the Air – Like a “A 3D Printer for Light” – SciTechDaily

A tiny Starship Enterprise fires on a tiny Klingon Battle cruiser with real animated images created in thin air. Credit: BYU
Using lasers to create the displays of science fiction, inspired by Star Wars and Star Trek.
They may be tiny weapons, but BYU’s holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers — green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally — with actual luminous beams rising from them.
Inspired by the displays of science fiction, the researchers have also engineered…

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