If you’ve got it in a digital format, you can see it in a 3D holographic experience in your home with the Holus. Your coolness factor will go up by 12 parsecs.
For my readers that are my real life friends I’ve known for years – you’ve heard me joke about wanting the next gizmo to come out with Yoda Holograms. The Holus, a Kickstarter campaign from Vancouver, Canada, is bringing us closer to the magic of 1977, when kids and grown-ups around the world saw R2-D2 beating Chewbacca at holographic chess… and of course, Princess Leia beaming out of R2 as a hologram – all of it was beyond magical, and we were just seeing it in 2D the whole time. This campaign ends in a week and has well exceeded its funding goal.
Their goal is not just to deliver a hologram that says, “This is our most desperate hour. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope!” No – their goal is reflected in their company name – to humanize technology. There are a ton of applications for this technology, especially in education. Kids are already blitzed by their iPads and other flickering gizmos. They can experience not just games in 3D, but perhaps a walk through of Auschwitz or a jungle in India, where their environment looks like environments do in real life – in 3D, and without glasses or headaches after the show.
Check out the video below for an insight on how other tech geeks at CES enjoyed engaging with this in person.
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That smiling person on the other side of the 3D action could be you!