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Holoprints

(prints on Ultimate material from 3D computer files)

This video displays the production cycle of a Holoprint

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A Holoprint implements successively 4 advanced technologies:

The client file seen by 3DSmax program .

Step 1: the volume is generated by computer design using, for example, the software 3DSmax.

The computer file thus contains all the 3D data for the object. This includes color information, texture information and possibly animations.

Simulation of 3D rendering of the client file on 120° of field of view (same as the holoprint).

The calculation center.

Step 2: a calculation center converts the 3D file into millions of points of view of the object.

21 computers on a network will calculate, one after another, all the points of view necessary for the generation of the hologram. According to the complexity of the scene, this work takes from a few hours to more than one week! The billions of calculated data are then stored to hard disk.

Transfer of the 3D file from the calculation center.

Zoom of detail for the holoprint "Aquarium". One can see the "hogels," sized 700 µm .

Step 3: the holoprinter transfers these data elements to Ultimate film.

A holoprinter is a system able to convert digital data into optical effect to produce an hologram. Equipped with 3 specially designed Red-Green-Blue lasers and an original optical printing head, this 'robot' required 3 years for development.

The holographic data are transfered one datum after another to the Ultimate film, in the form of elementary "hogels". The requirements chosen for this "hologram digital converter" ensure that it is the best ever achieved.

3 lasers Red/Green/Blue are printing a full color hologram.

Holoprint "Aquarium".

Step 4: The Ultimate film reconstructs the hologram.

This material has unique qualities that produce very bright holograms, with very high contrast, and with more saturated colors than any other holographic material in the world.

Holoprint "Gauloise".

3D file for the holoprint

"Tour Dubai".

3D Simulation of a Holoprint, including 4 step animation, simulating fluid circulation inside the EPR station.

Mosaic 2 pannels - 160 cm x 60 cm.: see the photo of this hologram

Holoprint "AREVA-EPR".

Properties of Holoprints:

Color or Monochromatic

The holograms are printable as color or monochromatic, with stable colors across millions of points of view.

Digital Images

3D Images of any type of design, real or virtual, can now be transferred onto holographic media. The use of the technique of infographic imagery provides creative freedom, rapid design, and all possibilities for size.

Full Parallax or Half Parallax

The 3D effect of the image is visible when the observer changes point of view from right to left (horizontal parallax), or from top to bottom (vertical parallax). A “full parallax” hologram functions in two dimensions, whereas a “half parallax” functions in only one. The “half parallax” is sufficient for many applications.

Wide Angle of View

The angle of view (horizontal or vertical) of a holoprint is 120 degrees.

Projection

The images are in volume, and thus can appear on both sides of the holographic plate, even completely in front (floating in the air). All at the choice of the customer.

Autostereoscopic

No glasses or additional optical tool are necessary to see our images in volume. Only the light source, a simple halogen spot, is necessary to make them visible to the viewer.

Great Depth of Image

The 3D images can have up to several meters of depth!. Guaranteed to be a spectacular effect!

Compact and Portable

The holoprints are produced on a composite support, very rigid and at the same time very light. They are easy to transport, expose or store.

Animation / Multi-channel

The holoprints can be made of small animations or completely independent 3D images . They occupy the same virtual space, but become visible as the spectator moves across different points of view.

All formats possible as single panel or mosaic

A very big image can be distributed on multiple panels displayed as a mosaic.