Before the Death Star explodes or Luke unsheathes his lightsaber, Star Wars: A New Hope gives us an iconic tableau: a princess talking to a droid. That cute little droid and his 3-D hologram of the mysterious princess find their way into the hands of Luke Skywalker, and before you can say “inappropriate crush on a secret sibling” we’re off on an intergalactic adventure.

Well now 3-D holograms such as Leia in Episode IV or various characters in the prequels, are a reality thanks to a company called Voxon. A report out of TechCrunch Disrupt NY describes the company’s new product, VoxieBox, as technology that “prints light” in three dimensions. VoxieBox does so “thousands of times a second, thus tricking the human eye into thinking it’s seeing a 3D image, thanks to their proprietary algorithm.”

But it gets even cooler. According to TechCrunch:

The VoxieBox does not require goggles or glasses to view the image, meaning it’s extremely user-friendly. Because you can display any image (moving or still), you can thus move and revolve around objects and see an object from many different angles, collaboratively.

This futuristic technology, sadly, did not win the ultimate prize at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. (That went to the more practical and altruistic water-purification filter form Liquidity.) But actual 3-D holograms (as opposed to fake Tupacs) have far-reaching technological implications. While Voxon is in communication with Hollywood (imagine actual 3-D movies), they also have aspirations to put VoxieBox to work in the classroom and are even discussing a partnership with SpaceX to design satellite parts. So, no, 3-D holograms aren’t just for creepily ogling your sister.

With Star Wars technology soon to be in the palm of our hand, the next question is obvious: Where is our hoverboard??

You can see VoxieBox in action here:

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