Holo Cube

Photons Be Free.

First up thanks to Banggood for sending me the screen for this project – you can grab one here!

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I’ve always liked the idea of holograms and while we are quite far away from having full on Star Trek holodecks, there are some cool things that can be done in the 21st.

So a while back Banggood contacted me and asked me if I wanted to do a project, I had a browse through the store and saw the above 800×480 screen and remembered I had a holographic pyramid laying around and came up with an idea for the HoloCube!

You can also catch this on my Hackster profile.

Key Goals.

  1. Have a ‘cube’ able to display a holographic real-time 3D image.
  2. Ensure that the 3D image being displayed can be viewed from different angles depending on the side of the cube.
  3. Have it be manipulable by hand movements/gestures using a Skywriter HAT.

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