WNDR museum
An interactive projection mapped art space that has popped up in Boston, California, and Chicago
Illoominated II
This projection mapping installation by Todd Moyer Designs was inspired by the machinery of a fabric loom. Projections create the illusion of rolling spools of yarn and woven textiles, while colorful laser beams emulate thread. Illoominated II was on display at the Portland Winter Light Festival 2025.
Volumetric display from Voxon
Voxon has been showing off it’s Voxon VX2 VLED technology to create interactive volumetric holograms. It costs $6,800 so it’s definitely not cheap.
It’s likely using a high rpm spinning panel to generate the image which means that dampening the sound of the spinning array, keeping the display carefully synced to avoid pixel drift, and are some of the primary engineering concerns. They do provide a Unity and Blender SDK which is interesting.
Here’s a version of Doom playing on the volumetric display
Reminds me of the fellow that re-created the projector from Riven using a similar method.
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Looking Glass Holographic displays
Looking Glass is now making the Looking Glass Go – a much thinner and mobile version of their glasses free holographic Looking Glass Portrait display. This isn’t new tech, but it is interesting to see people working in the space again.
With their software, you can make your own images and display animated content as well. Viewing angle is about 60 degrees and is created from up to 100 different still images.
It’s not limited to static images. You can even use the Looking Glass API to run this Unity version of Doom on the display and can look around pillars and objects.
Articles:
Darn
I had this idea a number of years back. But I still have a few ideas they didn’t think of in this…
Article: https://technabob.com/augmented-reality-vehicle-windows-with-eye-tracking-technology/
TeamLabs
I’ve written about Teamlab’s amazing work before. Here’s one of their new creations – a light sculpture.
Building a video wall
Live Production Mastery shows how they make a 90 foot long, 17 foot tall (56 panels wide, 10 panels tall) 120fps video wall. It is run by 4 Unreal engine computers and they include all kinds of interesting details about power, networking, mounting, etc. Everything you would need to build your own.
ER Productions
Ever want to know how those really amazing concert productions are made? Or how the do all the lighting and special effects on TV shows like Dancing with the Stars, Britain’s Got Talent, and other major shows?
ER Productions have done a lot of award winning shows lately. Check the videos out, or check out the amazing bag of technical tricks they have available to anyone with the right amount of money.
Projection Mapping with MadMapper
CETI (Creative and Emergent Technology Institute) is a local creative group that experiments with different technologies for creating unique experiences. Sarah Turner is a local artist that has been experimenting with different media and video technologies – which she calls the Mobile Projection Unit. This project has set up projection mapping displays at a number of different art and media festivals.
In this video she goes over some of the things she’s learned from these projection mapping setups: