The Looking Glass: A Holographic Display for 3D Creators
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The Looking Glass is the first desktop holographic display designed for 3D creators. No VR or AR headgear required.
Backers: 1301
Average Pledge Per Backer: $649
Funded: $844,621 of $50,000
Dates: Jul 24th -> Aug 23rd (31 days)
Project By: Looking Glass
Backers: 1301
Average Pledge Per Backer: $649
Funded: $844,621 of $50,000
Dates: Jul 24th -> Aug 23rd (31 days)
Project By: Looking Glass
$844,621
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 24 @ 00:01 -0400 GMT
1689%
of goal
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Latest News
The Looking Glass makes sci-fi movie-style holograms a reality
August 26th - via: yankodesign.com
The disclaimer at the very beginning of the video should be indication enough that the things you are about to see will blow your minds away. After decades of watching 3D holographic projections in movies like the Star Wars franchise, a Kickstarter project is bringing the promise of three-dimensional virtual imagery to life. No VR/AR headsets, no 3D glasses, no gimmicks, the Looking Glass display can actually showcase visual content in 3D, to the naked eye. Not only does the content being displayed on the screen have a z-axis, showing depth, it also responds to parallax, meaning that depending on where you (Read More)
Mosaic Mode! 
August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, I’m Kyle Appelgate, and I wrote the HoloPlay Unity SDK. I’m regularly working with the rest of the team to add new features to the SDK, and I want to talk about an exciting addition that will be ready by the time Looking Glasses... (Read More)
Sketchfab x Looking Glass Integration is Here!
August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello friends of the hologram! I’m Alex Duncan, a developer at Looking Glass Factory. I’ve been working on making it easy for people to get 3D content into their Looking Glass, and today I wanted to share a particularly special one - our... (Read More)
3D Scanning for Fun and Profit
August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Next in our ongoing series detailing techniques and tools with which you, the intrepid hologram hacker, can capture the real world and pull it into your Looking Glass: 3D scanning with the Structure Sensor! I've gotten this question quite a bit over... (Read More)
THE LOOKING GLASS HOLO MESSAGE PLAYER IS BORN
August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends of the hologram! Evan and Missy here! Today in #ImpossibleThings, we’re bringing you a holographic artifact from one of our favorite and holo-spiration shows of all time - Adventure Time. Specifically, from the ‘Dad’s Dungeon’ episode... (Read More)
Control a Hologram with Your Face w/ iPhone X
August 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Friends of the Future! Nolan here from Looking Glass Factory. Tired of not seeing your facial expressions mirrored on a doge? Want to control a hologram with your face? LOOKING GLASS HAS THE SOLUTION! ... Today’s impossible thing in the... (Read More)
Hacking the Lightfield
August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! I'm Evan, an engineer with Looking Glass Factory. Just want to get this out of the way: all of us here in the lab are so humbled and excited to be entering uncharted holographic territory alongside all of you! If you've been following... (Read More)
Maya to Looking Glass!
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's update is coming your way straight from another member of the Looking Glass Factory team -- this time from Dez, lead on a number of advanced software projects including the Maya exporter and Maya live viewport tools! Disclaimer: if you... (Read More)
A new mode of (2D) storytelling in a Looking Glass (3D)
August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
The next few updates are coming your way straight from members of the Looking Glass Factory team and some friends in our local community of 3D creators. Here's the first from Missy Senteio and Noca Wu. Hey everyone! Missy here, a Unity Developer... (Read More)
STRETCH GOAL: VOXATRON x LOOKING GLASS
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers of Earth, today we’re announcing THE Stretch Goal to end all stretch goals!! If we hit $750,000, Kickstarter backers who already have or will purchase a Looking Glass will get a free copy of Voxatron specially ported into the Looking Glass... (Read More)
The Three Looking Glasses in Japan
August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Before we launched on Kickstarter, a handful of Looking Glass prototypes made their way into Japan. We demoed at a few events and sold a prototype or two to folks that would come by our booths there. We're also friends with some artists in Tokyo,... (Read More)
Vintage holograms
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
In honor of the Vintage Computer Festival taking place this weekend in the Bay Area, take a gander at this incredible Macintosh Classic crafted in Cinema4D by Daniel O'Neil, miniaturized and as glorious as it was back in 1991, preserved inside of a... (Read More)
Something holographic this way comes!
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers from around the world, THANK YOU! You're making a dream that we've worked on for years, and thousands of pioneers before us have chased for their entire lives, finally come true. Four years ago when all of us in Looking Glass... (Read More)
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