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I could hardly believe my eyes! - Looking Glass Holographic Monitor

Linus Tech Tips · demo · Watch on YouTube

Consumer devices & gadgetsVR, AR & spatial computingAudio & video engineering

What it is

Linus Tech Tips reviews the Looking Glass 8K holographic display, a glasses-free 3D monitor. The video shows the display in action and explains how it works.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a reasonably detailed overview of Looking Glass tech, including a segment showing the pixel mapping behind the 3D effect.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Linus did a decent review of the tech back in 2019”

    Decent review of the Looking Glass tech.

    ortusdux, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is a creative product you've discovered recently?”

  2. “They have some good footage (though obviously it's setup as a hype reel too).”

    Good footage of the display with beauty shots and the flattened image.

    icegreentea2, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “This is what Doom looks like on a holographic display”

  3. “Linus Tech Tips covered them before that gives a pretty good overview”

    Pretty good overview of Looking Glass displays.

    cfjgvjh, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “High-resolution holographic interface [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: looking glass, 3d display, 8k, lightfield, hardware review

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