Ever since seeing Princess Leia’s floating hologram in Star Wars, artist Joanie Lemercier has worked to design and realize animations that appear to float in mid-air. His latest experiments are ...

Optical illusions occur when the brain receives and processes visual information in a way that doesn't match the physical reality of the stimulus. These illusions can distort shapes, colors, sizes, or ...

Researchers have come out with an optical device to "engineer" ghosts. Their research has opened up a completely new avenue for cognitive deception through light-matter behavior control. This would ...

Have a projector and a smoke machine handy? You might want to give this fog projection thing a shot! It’s called the MisTable and it’s a three-dimensional playground for interactive manipulation of ...

As will.i.am often finds himself with meetings in two different time zones at once - and a long-haul flight isn't always logistically possible -- holography is his next best option. How we tested ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It's really simple to build a projector for your smartphone to be able to project the same types of holograms seen in Star Wars and other movies. Here's how! The ...