<h2>Hologram for the People</h2>
<p>The 2020 race for the White House is already teeming with drama and intrigued, as happens when there are 20 — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-presidential-candidates.html">possibly more</a> — candidates.</p>
<p>Each is looking to stake a claim and make their mark. But with many states to campaign in, and little time to do so, how can politicians be in more than one place at a time? Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has an idea: stump speech via hologram.</p>
<h2>Beam me up</h2>
<p>Yang — a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrewyang2020/photos/a.592228501116451/853637764975522/">recently confirmed Futurism fan</a> — is no stranger to new ideas, considering his signature campaign promise of a guaranteed <a href="https://futurism.com/how-universal-basic-affordable">universal basic income</a> program.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, Yang alluded to another futuristic idea with a plan to campaign using a holographic presence. He dropped the concept during a segment on <em>TMZ,</em> as spotted by eagle-eyed reporters<strong> </strong>at <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/438577-andrew-yang-unveils-3-d-hologram-to-be-used-for-virtual-campaigning"><em>The Hill</em></a>. During the segment, Yang can be seen showing off his hologram next to a Tupac hologram.</p>
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<p>In a <a href="http://www.carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Politics/Article/Beam-him-to-the-White-House/1/335/27139">recent interview</a> with Iowa newspaper the <em>Carroll Times Herald</em>, Yang explained the hologram is &#8220;tied into the message of the campaign around the fact that it is 2019, and soon it will be 2020, and things are changing, and we can’t just keep doing the same things over and over again and expect it to achieve the results we need.&#8221;</p>
<h2>Andrew Yang, Hologram</h2>
<p>While other presidential hopefuls have similarly <a href="https://www.ccn.com/john-mcafee-plan-run-president-international-waters">unconventional plans</a> to lighten the logistical burden of campaigning, Yang&#8217;s use of a hologram could allow him to be in many places at once, streaming in from a studio to answer questions live.</p>
<p>At the very least, Yang&#8217;s technological push comes at a time where the role of technology in everyday life is being questioned. Politicians are taking stock of the presence of technology in our lives and, for better or worse, shaping a vision of our future that includes possibilities like Sen. Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s ambitious plan to <a href="https://futurism.com/elizabeth-warren-shares-plan-to-break-up-facebook-google-amazon">break up tech giants</a>, or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez&#8217;s gambit to balance a <a href="https://futurism.com/problem-green-new-deal-ignores-fusion-power">sustainable future with a technological vision</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>READ MORE: </strong></em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/12/18307776/3d-hologram-andrew-yang-democratic-candidate-battleground-states-primary-elections-2020">Andrew Yang unveils plans to campaign remotely using a 3D hologram</a> [The Verge]</p>
<p><strong>More on Andrew Yang: </strong><a href="https://futurism.com/how-universal-basic-affordable">How Universal Basic Income Could Be Affordable, Andrew Yang Explains</a></p>


Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang plans to campaign via hologram

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Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang appeared next to Tupac as a hologram during a TMZ segment. He plans to use a hologram to help his campaign in key states.

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<h2>Dead Musicians</h2>
<p>Michael Jackson. Amy Winehouse. Tupac. Roy Orbison.</p>
<p>Those are just a few of the dead musicians who have been <a href="https://futurism.com/japanese-hologram-pop-star-conducts-north-america-tour">resurrected on stage</a> in recent years as holograms — and a <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/hologram-technology-letting-dead-musicians-tour-again/10600996">new feature</a> by the <em>Australian Broadcasting Corporation </em>explores not just the critical reception and technological frontiers of the new industry, but the legal minefield it raises to dust off the visage of a famous person and bring them out on the road.</p>
<h2>Back to Life</h2>
<p>According to University of Sydney digital human researcher Mike Seymour, today&#8217;s musical holograms have only started to tap the medium&#8217;s potential. In the future, he predicted to the <em>ABC</em>, machine learning will let these long-dead holograms interact with the crowd and improvise.</p>
<p>Additionally, according to the report, the law is still grappling with how to handle <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/movies/how-rogue-one-brought-back-grand-moff-tarkin.html">life-after-death performances</a>. In the U.S., a legal concept called a &#8220;right to publicity&#8221; gives a person, or their estate, the right to profit from their likeness. But whether right to publicity applies after death, and for how long, differs between states.</p>
<h2>Atrocity</h2>
<p>Of course, no legal or technical measures will win over fans of an act who find it disrespectful to raise a performer from death and trot them out on tour.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you are appalled by [the idea], because you think it&#8217;s an atrocity to the original act, you are going to hate it,&#8221; Seymour told the broadcaster. &#8220;And if you are a fan that just loves seeing that song being performed again, you are going to think it&#8217;s the best thing ever.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>READ MORE: </strong><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/hologram-technology-letting-dead-musicians-tour-again/10600996">Dead musicians are touring again, as holograms. It&#8217;s tricky — technologically and legally</a> [<i>Australian Broadcasting Corporation</i>]</p>
<p><em><strong>More on hologram performances: </strong></em><a href="https://futurism.com/japanese-hologram-pop-star-conducts-north-america-tour">Wildly Famous Japanese Pop Star Sells Thousands of Tickets in NYC. Also, She’s A Hologram</a></p>


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<h2>Easier, Faster, Holograms</h2>
<p>In two new studies, researchers at UCLA used artificial neural networks to <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cioo-dlr010218.php">reconstruct a hologram</a> — not just any hologram, though. Not only is the technique an advancement of holographic technology, but the resulting microscopic images could have fascinating medical applications.</p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/lsa2017141">the first study,</a> published in the journal, <i><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/lsa2017141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Light: Science &amp; Applications,</a> </i>researchers used deep learning to create images of biological samples like blood, Pap smears, and other thin tissue samples.</p>
<p>The neural network technique proved to be easier and faster than the usual methods used to make holograms, which often require an abundance of physical measurements and computational input.</p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.osapublishing.org/optica/abstract.cfm?uri=optica-4-11-1437">the second study</a>, the team applied their deep learning framework to improve the resolution and quality of the microscopic images, which could help doctors detect very small abnormalities in a large blood or tissue sample.</p>
<p>As holograms are rendered they can lose information in the process, which can sometimes make &#8220;artifacts&#8221; appear in the image; something that looks significant (like a dark spot that&#8217;s really just a shadow but could be interpreted as a cancerous growth). This also happens at times with radiological scans, especially if the patient moves when the scan is being performed.</p>
<p>However, the UCLA team&#8217;s deep learning AI was successfully able to address the problem: once it was properly trained, the neural network could separate the spatial features of the true image from any interference (often caused by light).</p>
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<h2>Practical Holograms</h2>
<p>Layers of artificial neural networks allow deep learning algorithms to automatically analyze data. The technology has already demonstrated its use for improving <a href="https://futurism.com/microsofts-speech-recognition-is-now-as-good-as-a-human-transcriber/">real-time speech translation,</a> video captioning, and many other tasks previous left up to humans — who, perhaps, don&#8217;t accomplish them as speedily or accurately as the algorithms do.</p>
<p>Since machine learning can sort through enormous amounts of information much faster than humans can, one area that the technology has begun to establish a presence is medicine. The algorithms are already finding applications in diagnostic radiology, where they&#8217;ve been used to <a href="https://futurism.com/watch-out-doc-an-ai-is-going-to-start-interpreting-x-rays/">read x-rays</a> and have even managed to catch cancers <a href="https://futurism.com/human-radiologists-missed-7-of-cancers-in-a-study-a-deep-learning-algorithm-missed-0/">that were missed by human physicians</a> on scans.</p>
<p>As we strive to develop tools to help bring these views &#8220;to life&#8221; <a href="https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1705/1705.04286.pdf">h</a><a href="https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1705/1705.04286.pdf">olographic image reconstruction</a> will be integral — especially if they&#8217;re able to repair and recover the images.</p>
<p>Beyond the remarkable potential deep learning has to advance hologram technologies, Aydogan Ozca, who led the research, believes it could open up new possibilities in imaging. In <a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-engineers-use-deep-learning-to-reconstruct-holograms-and-improve-optical-microscopy">a UCLA press release, Ozca said</a> the technology could even lead to the creation of entirely new, coherent imaging systems. Future imaging systems could even use UCLA&#8217;s findings to incorporate other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum into the tech, like X-rays and visible wavelengths.</p>
<p>If the future is anything like we&#8217;ve seen in science fiction for the last 40 to 50 years, <a href="https://futurism.com/holograms-life-worlds-first-interactive-lightfield-display/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holograms will play a major role</a>, but UCLA&#8217;s research doesn&#8217;t just support the fantastic future of holograms; it offers realistic <a href="https://futurism.com/a-new-artificially-intelligent-hologram-was-just-born/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">applications for the incredible technology</a>.</p>


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<h2>The Holographic Future</h2>
<p>Cinematic camera developer <a href="http://www.red.com/" target="_blank">RED</a> is building a new kind of smartphone. Called the Hydrogen, <a href="https://futurism.com/you-could-own-the-worlds-first-glasses-free-holographic-phone-by-early-2018/" target="_blank">the $1,200-$1,600 device&#8217;s</a> video camera is expected to be top-notch — not surprising given the company&#8217;s background. However, what&#8217;s really going to set the Hydrogen apart from other phones is the addition of a &#8220;holographic display&#8221; that looks like something out of a futuristic video game.</p>
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<p>Although little is known about the new phone, RED CEO Jim Jannard&#8217;s <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/08/red-leia-holographic-smartphone-display/" target="_blank">appointing of HP Labs spinoff Leia Inc.</a> as the display tech partner is telling.</p>
<p>Leia employs light field technology, which combines LCD screens with backlights that direct light in different, coalescing directions. When this happens, the angles of the images projected on the screen create a 3D illusion visible to human eyes. Leia&#8217;s technology is able to do this without losing traditional 2D capabilities, so that users can alternate between the old school and the new in a flash.</p>
<h2>The Problem of Content</h2>
<p>This technology does have a drawback. As Jannard <a href="http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?160378-HYDROGEN-hands-on-video-from-MKBHD/page3" target="_blank">explained on a RED website forum thread</a>, the smartphone uses the .h4v format for 4D rendering.</p>
<figure style="width: 360px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://futurism.com/images/7-incredibly-ambitious-virtual-reality-projects/"><img src="https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2016/04/The-Next-big-thing_Home_v1.jpg" alt="7 Incredibly Ambitious Virtual Reality Projects" ></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text center"><strong><a href="https://futurism.com/images/7-incredibly-ambitious-virtual-reality-projects/" target="_blank">Click to View Full Infographic</a></figcaption></strong></figure>
<p>Developers can capture images with four synchronized cameras from varying angles to map playable holographs, but this is a high standard to expect from amateurs. Meanwhile, directly converting 2D content to 4D is extremely difficult.</p>
<p>On the bright side, the Hydrogen clearly isn&#8217;t some cheap gimmick intended to lure in moneyed technophiles — an accusation that has been levied at <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/fire-phone-one-year-later-why-amazons-smartphone-flamed-out/" target="_blank">Amazon&#8217;s Fire phone</a>, which was arguably devoid of compelling features. However small Hydrogen&#8217;s demographic is likely to be, 3D and 4D interfaces await us in the next generation of mobile communications.</p>


The $1,200 device will arrive in the first half of 2018.

Here's everything we know about RED's smartphone with a holographic display

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Cinematic camera developer RED has partnered with HP Labs' Leia Inc. on the Hydrogen, a smartphone with a holographic display.

Here’s Everything We Know About RED’s Smartphone With a Holographic Display

We’re about to enter the next era in mobile communications.

<h2>A Whole New View</h2>
<p>If you&#8217;ve played any of the recent Batman video games, you&#8217;re probably already familiar with his ability to scan through walls using one of the many gadgets he has at his disposal. In real life, German scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) may have developed a technology that could give you a similar <em>Batman-esque</em> skill. What makes it even cooler? Basically all it takes is a Wi-Fi signal.</p>
<p>&#8220;It can basically scan a room with someone&#8217;s Wi-Fi transmission,&#8221; <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wifi-camera-sees-through-walls-2017-5?utm_content=bufferb13b7&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer-bi" target="_blank">Philipp Holl said, speaking to<i> Business Insider</i></a>. Holl and TUM professor Friedemann Reinhard developed the concept behind the technology and published their findings in the journal <i><a href="https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.183901" target="_blank">Physical Review Letters</a></i>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s surprisingly simple, exploiting Wi-Fi&#8217;s ability to pass through walls. Using two antennas, they record a Wi-Fi field around a particular room. The antennas capture the intensity and the phase of the Wi-Fi field both from its source spot and the places it bounces off from. The result is a holographic image of the room that, while it&#8217;s not yet vivid, proves that the concept works in practice rather than just theory.</p>
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<h2>Life-Saving Tech</h2>
<p>The ability to see through walls might be a little unsettling at first, as it could open up potential privacy exploitation issues. “Of course, this raises privacy questions. After all, to a certain degree even encrypted signals transmit an image of their surroundings to the outside world,” <a href="https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/detail/article/33897/" target="_blank">Reinhard said in</a> a press release from TUM, “However, it is rather unlikely that this process will be used for the view into foreign bedrooms in the near future. For that, you would need to go around the building with a large antenna, which would hardly go unnoticed. There are simpler ways available.”</p>
<p>The tech could also have many beneficial — if not life-saving — applications. Apart from the potential to be used by spy agencies for legitimate operations requiring the scanning of buildings, it could also be an asset to rescue operations after a disaster such as an earthquake or an avalanche. The antennas could be placed in a truck and then driven around the rubble or debris are to survey and look for survivors.</p>
<p>&#8220;These antennas don&#8217;t need to be big. They can be very small, like the ones in a smartphone,&#8221; Holl said, meaning they could be easily wielded even in the smallest, most remote, spaces.</p>
<p>Further research, such as on the transparency of specific materials, is needed to refine the technology. But it&#8217;s exciting to think that superhero technology could come to life in such a way, especially with potentially life-saving applications.</p>


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German scientists from the Technical University of Munich have developed imaging technology that uses Wi-Fi signals to construct 3D hologram images.

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It could be a literal life-saver during rescue operations.

<h2><b></b>HIGH QUALITY</h2>
<p><a href="https://futurism.com/?s=hologram">Holograms are a staple</a> of almost every science fiction movie or TV show out there – from <em>Star Wars </em>to <em>Star Trek</em>. Now, thanks to researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), we may be a step closer to achieving just that — and sending messages to Obi Wan Kenobi.</p>
<p>The ANU team was able to develop a hologram device that gives the highest quality images to date. &#8220;As a child, I learned about the concept of holographic imaging from the <em>Star Wars</em> movies. It’s really cool to be working on an invention that uses the principles of holography depicted in those movies,” said lead researcher Lei Want, from ANU&#8217;s Research School of Physics and Engineering. The team published their research in the <a href="https://www.osapublishing.org/optica/abstract.cfm?uri=optica-3-12-1504">journal <i>Optica.</i></a></p>
<p>Wang&#8217;s device is able to create high-quality hologram images in infrared, using &#8220;transparent metaholograms based on silicon metasurfaces that allow high-resolution grayscale images to be encoded,&#8221; according to the study. The device is also quite small. It&#8217;s made up of millions of tiny silicon pillars, which are up to 500 times thinner than human hair.</p>
<p>&#8220;This new material is transparent, which means it loses minimal energy from the light, and it also does complex manipulations with light,” said co-researcher Sergey Kruk. “Our ability to structure materials at the nanoscale allows the device to achieve new optical properties that go beyond the properties of natural materials. The holograms that we made demonstrate the strong potential of this technology to be used in a range of applications.”</p>
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<h2>DEFINING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES</h2>
<p>The real-life applications of such a hologram device aren&#8217;t too far from the sci-fi counterparts. “While research in holography plays an important role in the development of futuristic displays and augmented reality devices, today we are working on many other applications such as ultra-thin and light-weight optical devices for cameras and satellites,” Wang said.</p>
<p>Furthermore, because of its size, this device is very portable. This significantly reduces the size and weight of the usually bulky components used in other imaging devices. This can cut the cost for space missions, for example, where heavier loads translate to higher rocket fuel consumption. Apart from these, holograms can also be used to aid <a href="https://futurism.com/videos/hps-vr-monitor-allows-you-to-control-3d-holograms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">medical research</a> and develop treatments for various diseases.</p>
<p>Holography isn&#8217;t very different from what <a href="https://futurism.com/?s=AR%2FVR" target="_blank" rel="noopener">augmented or virtual reality (AR/VR) technology</a> is enabling us to do. Essentially, this technology allows us to see and interact with our environment in a much deeper way, so to speak. This tech can even let us see something as if we were really there, in the moment, with added empathy. This could change the way we enjoy news, documentaries, or even live events from afar. Soon, we may be able to send messages that capture emotion or urgency much better than a phone call ever could.</p>


Researchers from Australian National University were able to develop a hologram device that gives the highest quality images to date.
According to the study, the compact device is made up of millions of tiny silicon pillars, which are up to 500 times thinner than human hair.

Scientists Create the Highest Quality Hologram Device Ever Made

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<h5>The Breakthrough</h5>
<p>South Korean researchers claim to have made the world&#8217;s first 360 degree color hologram—a floating Rubik&#8217;s cube. <a href="https://www.etri.re.kr/eng/main/main.etri">ETRI</a>, a 16 company consortium led by LG Display division, has created &#8220;tabletop holographic display&#8221; that can be viewed from all angles.</p>
<p>Its creators assert that it&#8217;s a true hologram and not a &#8220;pseudo hologram that make[s] 3D effects through 2D images.&#8221;</p>
<p>In other words, it&#8217;s not a &#8220;Pepper&#8217;s Ghost&#8221; illusion famously used for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbrFmPBV0Y">Tupac hologram</a>. Since the holographic object changes orientation when you move around it—like a real object would—it also differs from &#8220;floating 3D-movie&#8221; type holograms.</p>
<p>See it in action below:</p>
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<h5>Its Implications</h5>
<p>The research is the result of a 2013 Korean government project to research and develop hologram technology. The effect is produced by powerful lasers that create the 3D object using diffraction, and produces color using the interference between multi-hued lasers.</p>
<p>However, to date, there are significant limitations. For example, the holograph is only 3 inches in size, and it makes use of a complex system of lasers. But of course, this is just the early stage of the research, and ETRI states that they plan to commercialize a 10 inch Holo TV by 2021.</p>


Researchers just made the first true 3D hologram, which can be viewed from any angle like a real object.

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<h5>Virtual Touch</h5>
<p>For anyone who grew up watching Star Trek, real life holograms are a dream come true. Who wouldn&#8217;t want to spend an afternoon roaming about on the holodeck exploring strange realms, or maybe having adventures with <a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Proton">Captain Proton</a> (or even Sherlock Holmes)?</p>
<p>Now, that day is a little bit closer, as scientists from the Utsonomiya University Center for Optical Research and Education have created holograms that can be manipulated via touch.</p>
<p>The three dimensional virtual projections are based on a system called ‘Fairy Lights,’ which uses femtosecond laser technology to fire high frequency laser pulses that last just one millions of one billionth of a second. If you aren&#8217;t aware, that&#8217;s a very tiny amount of time.</p>
<p>Ultimately, this allows the hologram&#8217;s pixels to be manipulated in mid-air and respond to human touch. Researchers behind the study demonstrate how ‘touchable holograms’ work in the video below:</p>
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<h5>Light Technology</h5>
<p>Currently, light technology does not allow humans to interact and feel light as matter, but the findings that come thanks to this experiment can change this. Ultimately, the research lends itself to practical applications in entertainment, medicine, and architecture.</p>
<p>In an interview with Reuters, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/us-japan-touchable-hologram-idUSKBN0TJ19B20151130">one of the leading researchers behind the experiment</a>, Dr. Yoichi Ochiai of Tsubuka University, noted the wide variety of potential uses for this tech: &#8220;People&#8217;s daily lives would change if we use a bigger laser in a bigger space where people can interact with it, and to see how it can be used in situations where three dimensional communication is necessary such as a construction site or in the medical field.&#8221;</p>
<p>To that end, further studies into this technology could see larger lasers that can allow people to interact with the holograms. For instance, it may be possible to use a light beamed computer keyboard or enabling virtual touch for video chats.</p>
<p>There have been previous experiments that tried to achieve the same results, but laser beams used to generate them would burn human skin&#8230;which makes for a somewhat less than fun experience.</p>
<p>The team was able to avoid damaging participants&#8217; skin by reducing the duration of the lasers&#8217; bursts. They found that pulses between 50 milliseconds and 1 second were perfect. They resulted in optimized sense of touch and, well, not burning.</p>


Researchers in Japan have just created holograms that you can physically feel, and they even respond to human touch.

Researchers in Japan have just created holograms that you can physically feel, and they even respond to human touch.

/Holograms

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