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The first aerial image Holographic public phone call!

Roger Holden digital pioneer of the Reading Rainbow series asks you to participate in the debut of his new invention the HOLODOCK

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The first aerial image Holographic public phone call!

The first aerial image Holographic public phone call!

The first aerial image Holographic public phone call!

The first aerial image Holographic public phone call!

The first aerial image Holographic public phone call!

Roger Holden digital pioneer of the Reading Rainbow series asks you to participate in the debut of his new invention the HOLODOCK

Roger Holden digital pioneer of the Reading Rainbow series asks you to participate in the debut of his new invention the HOLODOCK

Roger Holden digital pioneer of the Reading Rainbow series asks you to participate in the debut of his new invention the HOLODOCK

Roger Holden digital pioneer of the Reading Rainbow series asks you to participate in the debut of his new invention the HOLODOCK

Roger Holden
Roger Holden
Roger Holden
Roger Holden
2 Campaigns |
Lawrence, United States
$410 USD 3 backers
8% of $4,870 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Important Update 11/29/13 - To prepare your head and shoulders picture for Holographic aerial projection, it will be ok to provide any such picture (head and shoulders) that was taken against ANY background (it doesn't have to be black) and I will create the black background myself.  Provide your photo in any typical picture resolution and aspect ratio (i.e. 4:3, 16:9) that you are comfortable with and I will convert it to what I need.  With regard to the streaming of the event I will personally email the contributors the "how to connect" info as Dec. 21 comes closer.

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HOLODOCK trademark process info: 

Aug. 17, 2010 - Applied for HOLODOCK trademark with USPTO

May 31 2011 - OFFICIAL USPTO GAZETTE PUBLICATION DATE

Jul. 26, 2011 - Notice of Allowance Date

Present Date - SOU pending

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Roger Holden asks you to participate in the first aerial image Holographic public phone call

Hi I'm Roger.  I've created an amazing new technology called the HOLODOCK and am making its public debut with this campaign, but first here's some background on me.  In the early 80’s I designed the original animation computer system used by the multiple Outstanding Emmy Award winning children television series Reading Rainbow to film most of their Feature Books for the first five seasons.  This year is Reading Rainbow's 30th anniversary (For my RR story click here).

Still digitally innovating thirty years later I have now come up with a Holographic Display technology that produces a moving image appearing to be suspended in the air about a foot in front of a surface.  This aerial image exhibits a three-dimensional appearance to the naked eye.   No glasses are required to view it other than what you might ordinarily wear for everyday vision.  The HOLODOCK is of a functional prototype nature in its public debut here.  The original source of the aerial 3D image is a typical mobile 2D tablet. The aerial image presented with the current HOLODOCK is of a personal/private style being that the image is presented in a compact 4" by 4" max size and is only visible to people directly in front of it.

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More background info on myself - I'm no stranger to the Holographic universe, my previous (not the HOLODOCK) display co-invention was featured on the Discovery Channel's 2005 broadcast, The Science of Star Wars.  It was shown as a prime example of Holographic Display technology achievable then that was directly inspired by this great movie's futuristic Holographic depictions.  For more info see this.

  Roger and C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels on the Discovery Channel's The Science of Star Wars set with his previous  Holographic Display co-invention

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I propose the HOLODOCK's full public debut December 21st with a Holographic phone call demonstration. This historic public Holographic phone call is the first step in making the HOLODOCK technology known, available and affordable to you in 2014.  You've got to start somewhere and this is how I would like to start.  It is also my sentimental way to celebrate the 30th anniversary (2013) of Reading Rainbow using my robotic camera technology to film their Feature Books.  The money raised in this campaign will be used to pay for the event's expenses which include hardware, streaming, audiovisual production and assemblage work labor.  My sincere gratitude goes out to the Indiegogo supporters who will make the event possible for me to launch during the last part of this 30th anniversary year. 

The 2 way aerial image Holographic call will be achieved using 2 HOLODOCKs, 2 laptops and typical  consumer PC videocall bandwidths/channels, to communicate live frontal head and shoulders Holographic moving images of the 2 phone callers while they chat - as well as the names/photos/audio/videos of the generous contributors to this project. One end of the Holographic phone call will occur at the elegant Loretto building in Kansas City, the other end of the Holographic phone call will occur at a yet to be determined location in the Kansas City area.  The projection of Holographic aerial animated object-like images will also be demonstrated during and before the phone call.

  HOLODOCK (without aerial image)

My campaign will allow you to participate in this historic public telecommunication event slated to be on December 21, 2013.  Project contributors' names, photos and audio/video messages will be transmitted to the Holographic dock located at the Loretto from the other Holographic phone call location.  Refer to the Perks section as to how your name/photo/audio/video will be presented in the Holographic phone call (any submitted material must come from the actual campaign contributors themselves).  Your Holographic phone call participation is determined by the choice of your contribution to this campaign.  People who contribute on the higher Perk levels of $100 or more will have photos/audio/videos of themselves, that they provide, projected Holographically during the phone call along with their names.  People who contribute $50 or more will also be allowed to attend the actual event (If at the time of the event they happen to be in the K.C. area)and perhaps even participate live as a Holographic caller!  After the contributors names/photos/audio/videos are transmitted and displayed Holographically then the live Holographic two way, two location real people conversation will commence.  Such exciting topics as the Weather, Hows it goin' and What have you been up to lately, will be communicated by the two Holographic talking real people (Just like a typical phone conversation). 

It is possible that during the phone call a disconnection might occur unexpectedly.  As the Holographic phone call will be using typical consumer videocall bandwidths and channels, the disconnection would be just as likely to occur with a normal videocall.  Therefore establishing again the Holographic phone call will simply be like reconnecting a dropped normal videocall and you should have every reason to expect an expedient reconnection.

The event will be streamed live to the campaign contributors and then uploaded to YouTube.  Your participation in the first Holographic public phone call will be documented with this YouTube upload.   Details of logging live into the stream and event time will be posted on this campaign site towards the end of November.  The Holographic effect can only be perceived by looking directly at the HOLODOCK Display in person.  A limited amount of Press Passes will also be available for reporting of the event.

IMPORTANT-  All campaign contributors should send to me (scroll down to my name at bottom of this page, click on my name to go to my Personal Profile page, then click on Contact User-located top right area of page) their names during the duration of the campaign or when you contribute choose the option to have your name displayed as a contributor so that I can see it.  This being so that I can prepare the Holographic transmission media files on time for December 21.  If you are one of the contributors whose Perk includes any photo, audio or video transmission then tell me so by the Contact User button (scroll down to my name at the bottom of this page, click on my name to go to my Personal Profile page, then click on Contact User-located at top right area of page) and I will send you an email address where you should send the audiovisual files to.  This should be done during the campaign period also.  If there are more contributors than my campaign monetary goal called for then those contributors will have their names/photos/audio/video transmitted during the final duration of the Holographic phone call as opposed to the start.  (Also, NO copyrighted photos/audio/video are allowed to be submitted to this project or sexually explicit audio/photos/videos).  

INFO on Holographic Displays - In today's world the term 'Holographic Display' is commonly used in two different ways.  First there is the original/traditional scientific meaning which involves the creation of interference patterns caused by the interacting of waveforms (analogous to rocks thrown in a river and the resulting ripples) that encode the visual scene.  These interference patterns are subsequently optically decoded so as to reveal the visual scene information that was encoded in the interference patterns.  It still could be years away before we see any consumer level adaptation of this method for general home use as a real time motion visual display ( i.e. phone). 

The other common use of the term 'Holographic Display' (which includes the HOLODOCK) falls under the banner of alternative/entertainment approaches.  These approaches can produce mesmerizing 3d appearing images if the viewing environment is appropriate.  Alternative Holographic Displays can provide floating 3 Dimensional visual illusions reminiscent to a viewer of those found depicted in popular current, classic and retro science fiction/fantasy movies and stories (hence the silly retro-cool look of the Project Image)

Alternative Holographic Displays have really only become well known in recent years.  They are produced in a variety of non-interference pattern based lens/mirror optical methods such as modern takes on the old stage magicians trick, Peppers Ghost, famous now for bringing late great performing artists seeming to perform once again on stage or producing floating images inside transparent pyramid or box like structures. Quality alternative Holographic Display systems operate by optically removing certain visual cues to the eyes that the brain uses to determine that a 2D image is originating on a thin, flat surface (i.e. screen).  The brain then is freed from the distracting/contradicting  flatness info and proceeds to amplify the remaining depth cues (shadow, perspective, etc.) inherent in the pictorial content of the image itself.  If done properly, the resulting output image of the display exhibits an appearance that resembles a 3D stereoscopic moving image. It can be fun.

The HOLODOCK presented in this project is not based on the Peppers Ghost illusion! Instead it is more reminiscent of that famous scene in the great sci-fi fantasy movie from the 70s in which the small physical robot projects forward an aerial moving image of a person of galactic royalty heritage.  In the case of the current HOLODOCK Display the forward aerial image appears to be about a foot out as opposed to the 5 or so  feet of the movie depiction.  This however does make a comfortable close up viewing of the Holographic effect possible.


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Holographic Name

$10 USD
Your name will be transmitted and displayed on a scrolling aerial image Holographic list during this historic phone call. Your name will display in a normal flat font for apx. 3 seconds.
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Holographic Name-Silver

$25 USD
Your name will be transmitted and displayed on a scrolling aerial image Holographic list during this historic phone call. Your name will display for apx. 5 seconds in a 3D extruded metallic silver font.
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Holographic Name-Gold

$50 USD
Your name will be transmitted and displayed on a scrolling aerial image Holographic list during this historic phone call. Your name will display for apx. 5 seconds in a 3D extruded metallic Gold font. You will also be allowed to attend the event if you are in the area.
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Holographic Pic/Name

$100 USD
Your submitted JPEG picture (in a 4:3 aspect ratio) of your head and shoulders (that you took against a black background) will be transmitted and displayed as an aerial Holographic image along with your name during this historic phone call. Your Holographic image and name in a 3D extruded metallic Gold font will display for apx. 5 seconds. You will also be allowed to attend the event if you are in the area.
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Holographic Pic/Audio/Name

$200 USD
You will provide on mp3, an audio message. This audio message will be transmitted along with your picture during the Holographic phone call. Your submitted JPEG picture(in a 4:3 aspect ratio)of your head and shoulders (that you took against a black background) will be transmitted and displayed as an aerial Holographic image along with your 3D extruded GoldName/audio during this historic phone call for apx. 10 seconds. You will also be allowed to attend the event if you are in the area.
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Holographic Video/Audio/Name

$500 USD
Your submitted MPEG video (in a 4:3 aspect ratio) of your head and shoulders (that you took against a black background) will be transmitted and displayed as an aerial Holographic image along with your name and audio message (on your video) during this historic phone call. Your Holographic video, name in a 3D extruded metallic Gold font and audio message will display for apx. 15 seconds. You will also be allowed to attend the event if you are in the area.
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