FogScreens technology allows creating an image in air with the help of liquid drops. It was developed by scientists from Santa-Barbara University. They invented the new variant of 3D image creating with no use of stereoscopic glasses. 3D images, created by special devices, will just hang in air and one can easily walk it around and take a look from different sides even walk through it. The scientists used already known FogScreens technology, by means of which 2D images are created in the air on the thin layer of liquid drops.

Applying 2 devices – FogScreens and projector, which run the motion of 2D images, 2 flat pictures, transforming into 3D, can be obtained.

Light Blue Optics Ltd., (LBO) company, working in the field of color projectors for mobile devices, has declared the purchasing of license from Cambridge Enterprise (the Cambridge University department, which is engaged in inventions selling) for producing full-color holographic laser projectors.

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The highlighted technology was invented by Edward Buckley, the LBO technological director, and Adrian Cable in 2003, when they still worked in Cambridge University. Earlier the University was intended to sell this license to Japanese microelectronics producer Alps Electric Co. Ltd.

The company is clearly producing 3D technology that will attempt to leap the existing 3D technology being created.  A holographic projector and a 3D television may very have a fine line of difference.

LBO company, founded in 2004, is well known with its advanced optical-mechanical products, first of all with mini-projectors for cell phones and color projectors, allowing to form the image of high quality on any surface.

The specialists from Cambridge and Light Blue Optics have developed the prototype of pocket video-projector, or at least the technology, that will lead to the birth of one. To create a hologram the device doesn’t use lenses or light bulbs, instead of this it displays 2D hologram on the micro-screen and transmits laser beam through it, that transforms small picture into large projection picture. Such devices are intended to be built in cell phones and PDAs. For good operation the projector will need clear wall and dark room only.