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October Updates @ Looking Glass

October Updates @ Looking Glass

Hey everyone! Reid here with our October newsletter! As we dive into spooky season, we've got some exciting updates and special treats to share! 🍁 🍭 No Tricks, Just Treats with Looking Glass Go! 👻 The world’s first holographic photo frame! Turn your cherished memories into stunning 3D holograms with

Creator Feature: Exploring New Dimensions with Michael Rubloff and Radiance Fields

Creator Feature: Exploring New Dimensions with Michael Rubloff and Radiance Fields

Michael Rubloff is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with 3D imaging, bringing us closer to a world where 2D photography is just a memory. As the founder of Radiancefields.com and an innovator in Radiance Field technology, Michael is cataloging the evolution of 3D mediums, such as Neural

September Updates @ Looking Glass ✨

September Updates @ Looking Glass ✨

Hey everybody! It's Reid here with your September updates from Looking Glass! I know it comes without a day to spare, but it’s all for good reason – we’ve had quite a lot going on over here! So, strap in and let me take you through it!

Creator Feature: @Azadux Capturing the Real World in Holograms

Creator Feature: @Azadux Capturing the Real World in Holograms

In this interview, we dive into the world of 3D artist and VR developer Azad Balabanian. From his early inspirations in volumetric video to his current work in pushing the boundaries of photogrammetry and holographic displays, Azad opens up new avenues for creating and showcasing art that transcends traditional flat

Capturing Real World Holograms for Looking Glass Displays

Capturing Real World Holograms for Looking Glass Displays

NEW! ✨ Check out this vlog in video/podcast form in our new series called In Depth! Welcome back to our blog! This is a continuation of our new series breaking down everything you need to know about the world of 3D! When we left off in our last post, we

August 2024 Updates @ Looking Glass ⭐️

August 2024 Updates @ Looking Glass ⭐️

Hello everyone, It’s Reid, back again with our monthly newsletter! From a new blog series to big showcase events and even film festivals, we’ve been up to a lot since our last update. But! On top of all that, I have something really exciting to share with you:

Introducing: Looking Glass Experiments

Introducing: Looking Glass Experiments

Today, Looking Glass is releasing Experiments, a catalog of tools and applications that expand the utility of Looking Glass Displays. With Experiments, users can unlock new data visualization workflows, rapidly build interactive applications, and explore sample implementations that utilize the vast potential of our suite of software and hardware. The

Looking Glass Ships Its Latest Spatial Displays

Looking Glass Ships Its Latest Spatial Displays

Brooklyn, NY – Aug 8, 2024 – The hologram company, Looking Glass, announced today that its new Looking Glass 16” and 32” Spatial Displays have begun shipping to customers worldwide, while the Looking Glass Go will begin shipping this month. The handheld Go is designed for consumers who want to enjoy their

Virtual Teleportation Is Coming: How Looking Glass Is Bringing Ideas of the Future to Life With NVIDIA Technology

Virtual Teleportation Is Coming: How Looking Glass Is Bringing Ideas of the Future to Life With NVIDIA Technology

Looking Glass is on a journey to push the boundaries of holographic technology. For the past decade, we've been driven by our vision of a future where everyone can experience the magic of holograms. Using NVIDIA Maxine technology and NVIDIA NIM inference microservices, we’re helping to bring

Why is spatial content becoming more prevalent?

Why is spatial content becoming more prevalent?

When I sat down to write a series of posts outlining the different ways to get spatial and holographic media into a Looking Glass display, I realized I was putting the cart before the horse. Before diving into the 'how', I would first need to address the '

July 2024 Updates @ Looking Glass 😎

July 2024 Updates @ Looking Glass 😎

Hey hologram people! It’s Reid here with our latest monthly update and wow, what a month it's been! From coast to coast, classrooms to film festivals, we’ve got quite a bit to catch up on. So, sit back and relax, and I’ll take you through

Enabling Creativity Through 3D: How Looking Glass Spatial Displays are Helping out in the Classroom

Enabling Creativity Through 3D: How Looking Glass Spatial Displays are Helping out in the Classroom

It’s been longer than I’d like to admit since my golden days of high school. So, I imagine classrooms have changed quite a bit, but I wasn’t expecting this.. Now, don't get me wrong, I grew up learning off of a smart board and overloaded

Rendering the Impossible: That Time We Showed Our Displays at Pixar (And What Came After)

Rendering the Impossible: That Time We Showed Our Displays at Pixar (And What Came After)

"Hi, Any chance you all are ever out in the San Francisco Bay Area? If so, if you'd be able to bring a presentation to Pixar about HoloPlayerOne, we would love to host you for a visit." In 2018, we packed up one of our first

June 2024 Updates @ Looking Glass ☀️

June 2024 Updates @ Looking Glass ☀️

Hey everyone, it's Reid here delivering you the June Updates for everything Looking Glass! TLDR: I'm new here but you'll get to know me, LG is at AWE again, and our community creatives are keeping us inspired! Before we get started, let me introduce

AWE through the years

AWE through the years

Can you believe it? A full six years has flown by since our first AWE in 2018. Those were the days when we were young, wild, and free. I remember it like it was yesterday. Janet, our current comms lead, had just started at the company as community & events

Ellie MacQueen: Embracing the Holographic Canvas and Redefining Digital Art

Ellie MacQueen: Embracing the Holographic Canvas and Redefining Digital Art

In this interview, multimedia artist Ellie MacQueen takes us on a journey through her creative process and the transformative impact of working with Looking Glass holographic displays. From their initial awe-inspiring encounter with the technology to their groundbreaking projects like Android Andi, Ellie shares how embracing this cutting-edge medium has

May 2024 Updates 🌊 BCON LA & DisplayWeek Recap and a BIG launch

May 2024 Updates 🌊 BCON LA & DisplayWeek Recap and a BIG launch

Hi everyone! Nikki here with this (and partially last) month's Looking Glass updates. TLDR: lots of events and a BIG launch (literally). BCON LA + Display Week We said this last month as well but it's been events, events, and more events. The month started off with

The Holographic Shift: How Accessible 3D Experiences are Transforming Industries

The Holographic Shift: How Accessible 3D Experiences are Transforming Industries

A few days ago, we announced the Looking Glass 32" Spatial Displays in both landscape and portrait orientations — a launch that completes our full line up of next-generation spatial displays. I'm personally super excited to see this finally come to fruition, especially since the larger portrait form

Finding Community: How CS50, Blender, and Holograms Shaped My Career

Finding Community: How CS50, Blender, and Holograms Shaped My Career

Last month, I had the joy of attending BCONLA, the first-ever official Blender Conference outside of Amsterdam. It changed my life in many subtle ways, but the most prominent was in how it brought so much of my recent work full-circle. The Background About ten years ago, I sat in

Looking Glass Introduces New 16” and 32” Spatial Displays

Looking Glass Introduces New 16” and 32” Spatial Displays

Sleeker and more adaptable, these next-generation XR displays offer the world’s best 3D experience for professionals who rely on immersive visualization Brooklyn, NY – Today, Looking Glass, the hologram company, has expanded its product line-up with new 16” and 32” spatial displays that enable stunning group 3D visualization without headsets.

Left: Chimera AI render, Right: Josette Seitz and her eclipse artwork on a Looking Glass 32"

Josette Seitz: Pushing the Boundaries of Immersive Art with Looking Glass and Chimera AI

Meet Josette Seitz, an XR developer and artist pushing the boundaries of what's possible with 3D art

Welcome to the Spatial Era: Unpacking the Differences Between VR, AR, MR and Holographic Displays

The era of spatial computing is here. I know, I know – you've heard this a million times before, but whatever "era" we are in feels much closer now than at any point in my eight years at Looking Glass. Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed

And the winners are...

This January, we had the pleasure to sponsor and attend MIT Reality Hack 2024. You can recount some of our experience in this blog post! As in the years before, our team spent a large part of the event mentoring hackers on their projects - all within the span of

Looking Glass at MIT Reality Hack 2024

Joining the MIT Reality Hack 2024 This year, a few members of our team at Looking Glass attended the MIT Reality Hack 2024 as judges, sponsors and mentors. Like the years that came before, it was another incredible opportunity to connect with the incoming generation of XR developers, creators and

2024: To the future & beyond 🚀

Hey everyone, saying hello in the new year with a few updates from our team. January was a busy month for us with the Looking Glass Go Kickstarter coming to a close (over $600,000 raised in a month, topping $1M+ in Looking Glass Go’s sold including our Kibidango