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Researchers from Japan have engineered a way to project holograms on an iPhone display. Their work could lead to dramatic improvements in holographic displays for virtual reality applications, including gaming, training, and even advanced military applications.

Essentially, the team developed an algorithm and an optical component called a spatial light modulator to reproduce a 3D color image that consisted of two holographic layers. The scientists stressed that this method is incredibly complex, but wrote optimistically that it is nevertheless possible.

“Although several groups, including ours, have demonstrated holographic displays using low-coherence light, we took this concept to the extreme by using a smartphone display,” wrote one of the researchers.