May 15, 2014
The 2014 laser safety standard classifies hazard by output power
IEC 60825-1's 2014 edition sets laser hazard classes; FDA guidance places compliance duty mainly on manufacturers, not venues.
The archive
20 entries shown, each prepared after the events it records and published with its sources attached.
July 1, 1993
The Simulator Sickness Questionnaire replaced ad hoc reports
A 1993 paper by Kennedy, Lane, Berbaum and Lilienthal set out a standardised way to measure simulator and headset discomfort.
One collector's hologram archive began with unsold gallery stock
Jonathan Ross's own site traces his collection to a 1978 gallery, SEE 3 (HOLOGRAMS) LTD, and names what it now catalogues.
Pixel pitch, not marketing, sets an LED wall's viewing zone
Manufacturer and AVIXA documentation ties minimum viewing distance to pixel pitch and viewing task, not one universal formula.
April 14, 1903
A 2010 Toshiba TV swapped glasses for nine parallax views
Toshiba's 2010 press release describes a lenticular glasses-free TV using nine views, not a wavefront hologram.
December 11, 1971
The 1971 Nobel citation credits Gabor, not a finished field
The prize summary and Gabor's own lecture show what holography was credited for in 1971, and which problems he still listed as unsolved.
August 1, 1969
A multiplex hologram is built from strips of movie film
A 1969 paper and a 1980 patent document the technique; a specific 1974 artwork could not be verified.
June 1, 2023
Meta Quest 3 built mixed reality from cameras, not lenses
The announcement describes colour passthrough replacing see-through optics, with the layer's limits set out in developer documentation.
April 13, 2018
A former Paris foundry became a 140-projector art space
The operator documents 140 projectors across 3,300 square metres of a converted 1835 foundry that opened in April 2018.
May 16, 2012
Digital Domain's own filings never called Tupac's return a hologram
SEC filings describe a 'virtual' Tupac Shakur performance without naming the projection mechanism the press called a hologram.
January 8, 2024
A scanned Persona stands in for a face a headset hides
Apple's own guides describe how a Persona is captured and driven, and why a headset call became an avatar call.
September 17, 2024
California law now covers a dead performer's digital replica
Civil Code 3344.1, as amended by AB 1836, requires consent before a deceased performer's digital voice or likeness appears in a new work.
January 21, 1865
An angled sheet of glass fixes where a ghost can be seen
A 2011 illusion patent and Pepper's own 1890 account show why the reflected image floats at one depth and vanishes from some seats.
Proto's cabinet is a display panel, not a wavefront
The maker's own product page describes an 86-inch panel and a camera, a different mechanism from the word hologram.
February 14, 2006
A patented 2001 screen design lets a room share one 3D view
Holografika's patent and site describe modules and a screen giving unlimited viewers real motion parallax.
March 28, 2008
Stereo depth has a comfort zone, and it narrows up close
A 2011 Journal of Vision study measured how far stereo content can sit from the screen plane before viewers report discomfort.
June 9, 2016
A trapped particle drew images visible from every angle
A 2018 Nature paper describes a laser-trapped particle scanning full-colour images, a lab result, not a product.
November 16, 2004
A patent for scattering light off fog describes no solid screen
The 2004 US patent explains a laminar fog sheet that forms a flat, two-sided image with no physical screen at all.
September 20, 2018
Vodafone's 2018 hologram call was seen through a headset
The company's own press release names HoloLens as the display, reframing what a 5G hologram call actually shows.
June 20, 2018
teamLab Borderless closed in Odaiba and reopened in Azabudai
teamLab's own press and exhibition pages date the 2018 Tokyo opening, 2022 closure and 2024 move, but not a projector or computer count.