Business 2.0 has an article entitled Are Holograms Finally for Real? that highlights Ford’s use of Zebra Imaging‘s digitally mastered holgram technology. Now, while it’s no doubt cool (check out the gallery), I question Zebra’s claim that the stuff their doing are today the most advanced, most unique, and, we believe, the most wildly dazzling holographic images in the world.
It seems that the volumetric displays that Actuality Systems are cooler (there’s no polymer film involved), and the fog display WAVE beats the pants of both of those as far as coolness factor goes. Of course, there might be much less of a demand for these holographic projection techniques if augmented reality and retinal lasers get to market first (which looks to be making good progress).
Here’s a page with a list of Advanced 3D Displays.