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Looking Glass Holographic Displays Now Support iOS

Looking Glass Holographic Displays Now Support iOS

iOS apps, photos, and other media have never been easier or less expensive to showcase in holographic 3D. Sign up for the beta here (coming January 2025). Brooklyn, NY - Dec 12, 2024 - The hologram company, Looking Glass, has announced that the company's holographic displays now support

November Updates @ Looking Glass

November Updates @ Looking Glass

Hello from another dimension! November has just about come and gone. I, for one, can hardly believe how fast it's flown by. What would a month be without the updates from yours truly? (I can’t imagine it either!) So, here’s a look at what’s been

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Issue #6: Dimensional Dispatch

Howdy readers! First, to follow up on a few things that we touched on in our last issue and in case you missed it, Unity actually came out to apologize for the new runtime fee policy and acknowledged the need for more community involvement. The Sphere also debuted their first

Issue #5: Dimensional Dispatch

Hi everyone! We're running a week late on Issue #5. Why? Well it seemed to be like everyday, something monumental would happen and I'd go: let's wait one more day so I can put this in the newsletter. But alas, that's just

Issue #4: Dimensional Dispatch

The smell of fall is in the air. And it's smelling pretty three-dimensional. Before we get into the 3D and AI news of the fortnight, I wanted to start with some pretty exciting news of our own. Just one week ago, we announced the launch of our very

Introducing: Image to Hologram on Blocks

Just over a year ago, we introduced Blocks— a sharing platform that simplifies the delivery of 3D media & content across devices with a single embed or link. Whether on your phone, computer, headset or Looking Glass, the format was created as a window into a three-dimensional universe. ‍ Since then,

Issue #3: Dimensional Dispatch

What a week! It’s the middle of August and we had this crazy notion that we'd see a slow couple of weeks given that it's Summer but we were wrong. The future waits for no one! Can I just say — we love Siggraph? I look

Issue #2: Dimensional Dispatch

Nikki here 👋🏼 back with the second edition of Dimensional Dispatch! We’re in the lead up to this year’s SIGGRAPH (one of the biggest 3D graphics conferences where Pixar made their debut a few decades ago) so naturally, we’ve been seeing a bunch of research papers released over

MIT Reality Hack ‘23: Future of XR

Hello, internet! My name is Arturo J. Real, and I'm the Community Manager at Looking Glass. Looking Glass has just returned from MIT Reality Hack, and we've got some catching up to do! The Hackathon A drive, a train, and a flight into Boston would soon

Looking Glass Web XR Library: Web Devs, Welcome to the Future

The evolution of web. From the beginning, imagination has ruled the internet. Communities of innovative developers, artists, and creators of all streaks continually expand the boundaries of what is possible online. But every few years, that steady expansion of the possible takes a dramatic leap—a hardware leap. Groundbreaking hardware

The World’s Largest Holographic Display…and more

Hello, world! My name is Arturo J. Real and I’m the Community Manager here at Looking Glass Factory. July is upon us! Time really does fly when you’re having fun. With the month now coming to a close, we wanted to share a few of the many events

Holograms are coming to the Internet

99.9999999% of all the stuff made in 3D has only ever been displayed in 2D. That’s completely insane. So... imagine a parallel universe in which every movie ever made had been shot in color, but was only ever shown in black and white. It’s like that with

Introducing Looking Glass Portrait. Your first personal holographic display.

“If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we’re basically headed towards holograms.” Martin Scorsese Looking Glass Portrait is available here for $199 until Dec 6th. When I was in high school, my dad and I built a holographic studio in my bedroom. I scrawled “DANGER! LASER

Colossal Holograms

The world’s first large-format 8K holographic display is here, and it’s unlike anything that’s come before. I’ve dreamed of holograms ever since I was 8 years old. I was so obsessed that in high school my dad helped me build an optics table at the foot