Holography - Holography in Fiction

Holography in Fiction

Holograms are often used as plot devices in science fiction. However, see the above section; very often SF movies and TV shows incorrectly present different 3D-projection technologies as "holography".

• The Carpathian Castle (1893 novel by Jules Verne) the plot revolves around prima donna La Stilla, represented at the times of the events as a projected image.
• The Jetsons (1962-3 television series) uses holograms as entertainment devices, replacing the television in many episodes
• Star Trek: The Animated Series (1974 television series) episode "The Practical Joker", the holodeck is introduced
• Star Wars (1977 film), use of the hologram in the movies and video games of the series to display people remotely communicating with each another
• Hello America (1981 book by J.G. Ballard), holographic technology is used by president Charles Manson to scare nomad peoples along the United States of America, showing images of American pop culture icons such as Gary Cooper, Mickey Mouse, or the Enterprise space ship.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 television series), uses the holodeck extensively; beginning with this series, various episodes and films throughout the Star Trek series feature holographic characters and ships
• Red Dwarf (1988 television series), after a catastrophic radiation leak inside the Jupiter mining vessel called 'Red Dwarf', crew member Second Technician Arnold Rimmer is resurrected as a hologram and walks about the ship and planets they encounter. Because he is a "soft-light hologram," he cannot touch anything as objects just pass right through him. However, later in the series he meets 'Legion,' a gestalt entity with advanced technology, who upgrades Rimmer's light bee – the object that projects his hologram by hovering around – changing his projection to what is called in the show "hard-light," thus allowing him to once again touch objects other than computer-generated.
• Back to the Future Part II (1989 film), a giant projection hologram is used as an advertisement for the (fictional) 2015 film Jaws 19
• Total Recall (1990 film), the main character uses a device, similar to a wrist watch, to produce a hologram of himself and deceive his foes
• Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001 television series) introduced the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) doctor
• Jem and the Holograms (1985), Jerrica Benton, the lead singer of a band uses hologram projections to help create her alter-ego persona, Jem. Micro-projectors in her earrings allow her to project a hologram over herself and produce hologram objects and images in her surroundings.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (1996–present manga,film,television series,video games), use of holographic technology used in order to make a game called Duel Monsters appear to be more life like, Duel Monsters is a game where players using a wrist mounted Duel Disk summon monsters and cast spells and traps in order to bring a players life points to 0 or diminish all the cards in a players deck. Used throughout the entire series
• Stargate: SG-1 (1997–2007 television series), various characters appear as holograms in various episodes: The Asgard masquerade themselves holographically as Norse gods to the primitive peoples under their protection, Morgan le Fay in "The Pegasus Project" and Myrddin as a Merlin in "Avalon" and "Camelot" as a holographic sentry; Heliopolis "Book"; the puddle jumper starship has a holographic HUD. After the Goa'uld leader Anubis probed the mind of Asgard leader Thor, he was able to acquire their hologram technology and he used it frequently.
• Half-Life (1998 video game), the scientific research company Black Mesa is known to use holograms as recorded messages in their facility.
• Lost in Space (1998 film), June Lockhart (Maureen Robinson) appeared as Will's school principal "Cartwright" in a hologram
• Power Rangers Time Force (2001 series), their chrono morphers use holographic communication.
• Halo (series) (2001 video game) uses "holotanks" to display the avatar of an artificial intelligence construct. In Halo: Reach, an Armor Ability called the hologram allows the user to create an identical decoy.
• The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002 film) Computer geeks develop a $99 computer using a holographic projector as both the display and user interface.
• Treasure Planet (2002 film) Jim as a little boy reads from a 3D hologram book the story about Captain Flint and Treasure Planet. Later Jim as a teenager finds a sphere map and uses it to look at the galaxy map to Treasure Planet.
• Pinocchio 3000 (2004 film) Mayor Scamboli owns a 3-D hologram map on his table. Cabby and Roto change channels on it. Later at Scamboland, Mayor Scamboli welcomes kids as a giant 3-D hologram version for Scamboland carnival opening.
• Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009 television series), the Atlantis city-starship features a hologram room that allows access to the Ancient database in the form of holograms; an Ancient Control Chair contains holographic projectors; in the episode "Rising", Melia (a member of the Atlantean High Council during the first siege of Atlantis some ten millennia ago) is first seen as a hologram describing the history of the Ancients in the Pegasus Galaxy; Aurora-class battleship can project holograms remotely for communication purposes
• The Island (2005 film), a holographic projector surrounded the military compound where clones were kept to give the illusion of a tropical environment; holographic displays are present on various terminals, including the MSN information terminal in Los Angeles
• Meet the Robinsons (2007 film), Bowler Hat Michael Goob Yagoobian has a discussion with the Bowler Hat Robot about getting revenge and Bowler Hat robot shows him a 3-D hologram image of a flying car-plane time machine.
• Dead Space (2008 video game), to replace the player's HUD, a holographic display shows up in front of the player's character
• Avatar (2009 film), holographic displays are used extensively on terminals and HUDs
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra a 2009 live-action movie
• Iron Man and Iron Man 2, in the 2008 and 2010 films, holographic displays appear in the titular character's suit.
• Enthiran (2010 film), Chitti, the robot, can be telecommunicated with using a "virtual calling" where each caller can be seen as a holographic projection in front of the robot during the call
• Computer GUIs in Mass Effect are explained in the codex to consist of a projected holographic display, combined with the use of 'force feedback' gloves that allow the user to experience simulated tactile sensations when manipulating them.