THE VIDEO SHELF · holographic displays
I could hardly believe my eyes! - Looking Glass Holographic Monitor
Linus Tech Tips reviews the Looking Glass 8K holographic display, a glasses-free 3D monitor. The video shows the display in action and explains how it works.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it as a reasonably detailed overview of Looking Glass tech, including a segment showing the pixel mapping behind the 3D effect.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Linus Tech Tips
- Topic
- holographic displays
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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It looks like their kickstarter has all the info: [LINK] Linus did a decent review of the tech back in 2019: [VIDEO]
ortusdux on Hacker News · 2021-02
In Ask HN: What is a creative product you've discovered recently?Like other people have said, this looks like a Looking Glass dev unit or something. And here's a Linus Tech Tips video of it: [VIDEO] They have some good footage (though obviously it's setup as a hype reel too). Edit: Skip to follow for "beauty …
icegreentea2 on Hacker News · 2021-04
In This is what Doom looks like on a holographic displayLinus Tech Tips covered them before that gives a pretty good overview [0]. It's a really cool tech and I hope it becomes more affordable in the future. I'd imagine actually feeling like a person is physically present will make Zoom meetings and such a …
cfjgvjh on Hacker News · 2021-07
In High-resolution holographic interface [video]
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