HoloLamp doesn’t need headsets to project 3D objects onto your desk

HoloLamp is looking to change how we interact with augmented reality, taking away one of its biggest hurdles: the need for AR glasses/headsets. Not to be confused with Microsoft’s Hololens headset, the HoloLamp, which has been co-founded by Alan Jay (who also co-founded IMDb) and Guillaume Chican (an expert in applied math). Chican was the one who first developed HoloLamp.

What it does is it projects 3D objects into a table without the need for the viewer to use glasses or headsets. It uses an age-old art technique that helps create the illusion of 3D even if the image projected is actually just 2D. A camera system inside the HoloLamp tracks your perspective and with it being connected to a PC, it’ll continue to adjust your point of view so even if you walk around the room, the image will continue to look like it’s in 3D. One of its big limitations is it can only work with one viewer at a time, meaning if there are other people viewing the 3D projection, it’ll just be a 2D object to them. It’s something their team has to work on to make HoloLamp a truly useful product. HoloLamp will be hitting Kickstarter by March, and if having something like this interests you, then you can pre-order at that time.

Source: Fastcodesign