3D TV Similar to Holographic TV

Holographic TV can be described as similar to 3D TV, but not exactly.  It seems to have been awhile since anything exciting has happened in the realm of the television market, with the long reign of standard plasma, DLP and LCD HDTV. In ’08, there was the world’s first Laser TV: a technology that utilized lasers to create an on-screen display many times more vibrant and crystal-clear than your standard HDTV.

Then, there were talks of OLED: a super thin screen that needs no backlight, slated to make LCD TV technology obsolete, currently under development by Sony and Samsung. Take a side-step into the upcoming world of 3D TV…it’s not quite holographic, but makes objects appear in that quasi-3D way you’ve experienced in movie theatres…just without the glasses!

Many steps ahead, however, is Holographic TV. Currently nothing more than a speculation, there are theories as to what Holographic TV will be like and how it will perform.

While in its earliest stages of development, holographic TV is a technology that is being given serious attention from Japanese technology companies, of whom are hoping to have the technology hit the consumer market by the year 2020.

In 2008, researchers at the University of Arizona were able to develop a breakthrough technology: the creation of an updateable 3D display. While this particular display could only be updated after several minutes, there is now hope that it can be further developed to eventually fulfill the need of updating that image several times per second — a feat that would be required for holographic TV.

There are very few emerging technologies today that have developed equipment that comes ‘close’ to the true vision of hologram TV. Amongst them are:

Cheoptics360 (pictured on upper right): Developed by Videa, Cheoptics360 is a technology utilizing four hologram projectors to project an outbound image. It can be seen from all angles, and has surprisingly good contrast. This is thought of as the most advanced attempt at creating true holographic TV imagery. (More information from Engadget)

Claro Holographic TV (pictured in middle right): You have probably never heard of Claro, but their attempt at an early holographic TV display has been known as a breakthrough in the field. It displays an image through a hologram projector through transparent glass. While not truly “holographic,” it’s as close to 3D TV as seen thus far. (More information from Gizmag)

UberCoolHome Uber-Graph (pictured on lower right): Little to no information can be found on this semi-holographic television set. Only 100 of them were made, and one was infamous for being sold on eBay for a starting bid at over $10,400.

There’s not much information hypothesizing how a holographic TV set would work, but early ideas hint at a “screen” or a sheet of glass or plastic in which a hologram projector would draw the image through. Currently, it is thought to eventually provide a floating 3D “virtual reality” view of a motion picture image, in which the image and its components can be viewed from all angles, regardless of where you are standing in relation to the projection.

Beyond making a milestone television viewing experience, holographic TV technology is thought to also develop major applications in the medical and military display fields, as well. As you may have guessed, it would also revolutionize the gaming market, as 3D imagery could be rendered to display the elements of games from first-person shooters to auto racing.

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