“Daniel Smalley is an Electrical and Engineering Professor with a dream to create the iconic floating 3D image messaging system made famous by Star Wars, in real life.
Incredibly, Smalley has done it. He is quick to point out, however, Princess Leia’s message was never a ‘hologram’ – but a 3D light-printed image.
Smalley and his team call it ‘The Princess Leia Project,’ creating what is actually a volumetric image, not a hologram.”
Read more at Gizmodo Australia.
Check out a video of The Princess Leia Project after the jump.