Wouldn't it be great if you could take 3-D images into the real world? Well, now you can! And NO special glasses required! With any tablet, smartphone and the i-Lusio, you can make 3-D images come more to life than ever before.

What is it?

It’s a reflection of light!

For over 14 years, I have been making installations using this technique in sizes varying from pretty small to a hologram of over 6 meters wide! It literally has become second nature to me.

However I have always liked the smaller presentations better because they have much more contrast and therefore the realism of the hologram is much higher.

The smallest one I ever made? The i-Lusio!

Nominated for the Dutch Innovation Awards 2013! 
http://www.accenture.com/Microsites/innovationawards/concepts/Pages/concept.aspx?conceptID=1078

What can I do with the i-Lusio?

Well anything you like really...

• Have a Holographic pet.
• An alarm clock.
• Give your kids a Tamagotchi and let them draw the cage.
• How about a miniature version of your idol on the shelf or your desk? 
• Make your own living family portrait.

For professionals

• Present your new products to your clients
• Have a Holographic logo of your company in your office (see one of the perks!).
• Next generation 3-D Infographics.

• Are you a designer? Review your creations in the i-Lusio.
• i-Lusio is a perfect teleprompter.
• Come up with something we didn’t think of? By all means: let us know!

We are working on games… they will be quite different from the ones you know.

For the future we are also thinking about making an encyclopedia for kids that can literally show 3-D images of its contents!
Stones and minerals, dinosaurs, planets and solar systems, cars, airplanes and what about all Star Wars spaceships?
We envision a Wikipedia like construction where the content is made by you: the user.

How does it work?

Place any tablet or smart phone on top of the i-Lusio. You don’t need any source of energy, other then your tablet or phone, to let your i-Lusio run. It only takes 30 seconds to set up.

Application for free!

Without the content player app the i-lusio will work just fine. However it’s very difficult to press the screen when it’s upside down. The content player app makes it very easy to interact with the iPad. By simple commands touching the screen anywhere ones, twice, short or long it’s possible to interact with the program.

We are also working on several alarm clocks, not only the one with Star Wars.

Why I need your support

All my i-Lusio prototypes are made by hand. However, this means high production costs and a high end‑price for the i-Lusio .

A change in production method is needed to make this product more affordable.  This entails significant start-up costs.

By assisting me with these costs, together we can create a high-quality product that is accessible for everyone.

What your money would be funding

1.  Finalizing the design: We have completed the ideal measurements and technical properties for the i-Lusiobut this is a prototype. We still need to finalize the design making it more appealing to the market.

2.  Preparing the design for mass production: At this moment, for the prototype, we are using glass with a special coating to create the holographic images but for i-Lusio to be suitable for mass production will need to replace this with plastic materials that however do have the same specifications. We are in contact with different factories who can fabricate this material as well as others for the injection moulding. However factories require a minimum order.

3.  Software development: We want to develop software that allows the user to have even more interaction with the images as well as the possibility to incorporate home made movies. We've already tried a wide variety of films and animations really everything came out fantastically on the i-Lusio. Follow the basic rules like a steady camera and black or darkened background, the possibilities are virtually endless! 

This is a fixed funding campaign, meaning you get your money refunded if I don't reach my funding goal!

About the inventor 

My name is Feddow Claassen, from The Netherlands,and I am both a designer and inventor. For the last 14 years I have been working with the ancient Pepper’s Ghost technique and believe that it is time it became affordable for everyone!

What you should know about this presentation

The i-Lusios shown in the film are prototypes. One is made out of plastic using laser-cutting technique, the other one was made using sheet metal bending. These are not the models we will be developing for you... those will be much, much nicer!

The images you see in the film are just a number of try-outs we made with the i-Lusio.

We’ve tried over 60 different Apps from kids stuff to adult stuff using footage we had on the shelf or actually just found on youtube.

The Apps we are building are based on these experiments but will exclusively be developed for the i-Lusio and contain only original material. We wish to invite content developers, artists, games producers and app developers to join our ecosystem and open up a totally new and unique channel for their content.

Questions?

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