Touchable holograms make cheesy videos a reality

Have you ever seen some sort of weird music video that has holograms or some sort of grand future where we can talk to people and see them through holograms, but we can’t touch them? It sounds a lot like virtual reality mixed in with campy sci-fi romance; that would be good if you like cheesy sci-fi, but otherwise, it has nothing to do with our world.

Or does it?

It seems Intel is trying their hand at making touchable holograms using silicon to create the 3-D objects in real space. The hologram would be made up of balls with silicon, called Catoms (claytronic atoms), which would not only allow for the object to be created, but also to be molded and altered in real-time like clay. Uses could lay anywhere from use in simple presentations, medical technology, and perhaps even 3-D mapping of the world.

Of course, it’s still all sci-fi, but if Intel‘s working on it, then they’re probably going to be plugging away in their labs to perfect the process. Until then, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Have you ever seen some sort of weird music video that has holograms or some sort of grand future where we can talk to people and see them through holograms, but we can’t touch them? It sounds a lot like virtual reality mixed in with campy sci-fi romance; that would be good if you like cheesy sci-fi, but otherwise, it has nothing to do with our world.

Or does it?

It seems Intel is trying their hand at making touchable holograms using silicon to create the 3-D objects in real space. The hologram would be made up of balls with silicon, called Catoms (claytronic atoms), which would not only allow for the object to be created, but also to be molded and altered in real-time like clay. Uses could lay anywhere from use in simple presentations, medical technology, and perhaps even 3-D mapping of the world.

Of course, it’s still all sci-fi, but if Intel‘s working on it, then they’re probably going to be plugging away in their labs to perfect the process. Until then, we’ll just have to wait and see.