Video: LM3Labs' AirStrike interactive holograms, because they can

We're not sure why they did it, but LM3Labs have a developed an interactive, gesture-controlled hologram technology called AirStrike. Presumably, the technology can be applied to advertising or as an event novelty. We imagine this is about as close to a God Complex as any of us non-surgeons will ever get. See what we mean in the video after the break.

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[Rich @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:43AM]

Um, ok... More like a reflection than a hologram.

[Brandon @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:35AM]

Wow, saw this image early in the morning while I was still groggy. Looked really creepy. Eek.

[nedy78 @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:38AM]

Are you talking about the girl or the guy's hair? ...HairStrike!

[Sachin @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:31PM]

"We're not sure why they did it."

Why WOULDN'T you do it?

[The Future @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:35AM]

This will be the future of computer screens, movies and television]]


Give it about a couple of decades

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:51AM]

Hopeully.

But the biggest investors will be sex doll companies/stip clubs e.t.c.

You don't need to pay a stripper hologram to work.

o_O

[OneLove @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:30AM]

Have you ever been to a strip club? how is that the same?

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:37AM]

Off course I've been to a strip cluc, it's exactly the same.

It's full of women in long trench coats with vintage cameras showing us film strips that they recorded.

Have I been to a strip club?

Psch.

[CrazyasIndian @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:37AM]

wow that was lame. You can see it being projected onto a clear sheet of glass, and all he can do is make it appear or disappear in two different gradients... WOW!

[merf1350 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:43AM]

And that's more than you can do. That's actually rather impressive, even for infant technology.

[CrazyasIndian @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:46AM]

Rofl merf, its not impressive, i saw this kinda stuff at universal studios about 3 years ago :(

[Jake Tobak @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:00AM]

That's how it works. Were you expecting a volumetric display?

[JX @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:39PM]

"Were you expecting a volumetric display?"

Some companies have already been developing volumetric displays actually, and they are way better than this.

[Harkonian @ Apr 22nd 2008 1:27PM]

Unless the definition of hologram has changed very recently this is not a hologram:

Holography (from the Greek, όλος-hòlòs whole + γραφή-grafè writing, drawing) is the science of producing holograms; it is a form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions.

As far as I can tell, that is a flat representation of a creepy looking chic.

[tintin @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:39AM]

So...when does it come with nude girls and perfect interaction?

[Mark @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:43AM]

its like star wars.

yes .. bring on the porn.

[Jetexas @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:52AM]

I was waiting the entire video for him to wave his hands out to the sides and rip her jacket open ...

[NHAnimator @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:19AM]

wow

[swingin' dick hero @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:25AM]

..only to reveal her true gender.

[Seoultrain @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:53PM]

SDH, your comment is made even better by your username.

[redpill101 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:53AM]

Help me obi wan kinobi your my only help!!

[crho85 @ Apr 22nd 2008 11:10AM]

ERROR! Bad grammer overload

[swingin' dick hero @ Apr 22nd 2008 11:41AM]

Uh yeah. You sure got that right.

[Ashoro @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:57PM]

ERROR! Bad spelling overload.

Grammer is not a word.

[r3loaded @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:53AM]

"Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You are my only hope.."

[redpill101 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:54AM]

ha haa bee ya!!!

[OneLove @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:32AM]

@redpill101:..and you got it wrong

[redpill101 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:56AM]

Dammit need to learn to type slowly and spell check!!!

[r3loaded @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:07AM]

I beat you to a grammatically correct and legible quote. :)

[dajimmers @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:20AM]

Yeah but still a misquote nonetheless. "You're."

Princesses under attack don't have time to avoid contractions.

[redpill101 @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:22AM]

ill get you next time (en)gadget!!!

[Kattleox @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:06AM]

Now, can they integrate this with some other animations? Or, even better, with sony's water dragon thing?

[sully @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:11AM]

Occasionally the holo-shed breaks and everything becomes real.

[Jeff @ Apr 22nd 2008 2:56PM]

hahahahah

[Neeko @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:11AM]

That was cool and CREEPY.. The girl looked like the A.I character in Resident Evil..."Your all gonna die"....CREEPY little girl.

Now if this was a true hologram that it would really be impressive.

[J Zulkeski @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:12AM]

When I saw it called "Air Strike" I thought we were going to get to see her getting bitch-slapped.

[Alan Fabian @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:15AM]

Reflection or hologram..you got to admit, it is where we are going. Amazing!

[Homeboy @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:16AM]

Great! Now Napoleon Dynamite never has to get a real girlfriend.

[tallgrave @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:15AM]

It's very interesting.
Only in subject's moving to the gesture.

[P.W. Fenton @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:26AM]

Not a hologram at all. A simple projection. Disney did it better 25 years ago.

[Glenn @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:22AM]

Not much interaction, but interesting nonetheless. Guess the technology has a ways to go.

[Danbo @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:23AM]

Quite impressive I suppose, but it's just back projection onto glass isn't it? Saw half a dozen of these in a museum in Caesarea, Israel, in Oct 2007, talking figures from history of Caesarea; non-interactive (although you could turn them on and off), but much the same principal.

Reminds me of the Museum Guide idea in the film "The Time Machine"; best bit of a seriously underwhelming film...

[BluesK1d @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:24AM]

Yeah this is definitely a step in a cool direction but Im not sure they can call it a hologram considering its missing that pesky third dimension.

[Derk Kooi @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:41AM]

The girl reminds me of... F.E.A.R. :S

[Luis Menchaca @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:40AM]

So, where's the "hologram" part in that video? O.o

[Fall-Apart @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:21AM]

"We imagine this is about as close to a God Complex as any of us non-surgeons will ever get."

Also as close to a real girl as anyone with that haircut whose name isn't Lenny Kravitz will ever get...

[OneLove @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:33AM]

...I could be playing COD4 right now.

[Lonecow @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:59AM]

At 01:26 it looks like he is leaning in to kiss her.

[Tristan @ Apr 22nd 2008 7:29PM]

I noticed that too.... so.disturbing.

[SH @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:30PM]

The people that find this amazing are easily pleased. First of all, this is *not* a hologram. Second, I can recreate this with some smoke glass, a projector and a webcam (and my computer) in less than a day. Come to think of it, maybe I will. If only I can muster up the energy to create something as lame and useless as this.