Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.sci,net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Holograms at Disneyland Message-ID: <160@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 28-Nov-85 21:00:16 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.160 Posted: Thu Nov 28 21:00:16 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 30-Nov-85 01:07:14 EST References: <547@scirtp.UUCP> <342@mhuxl.UUCP> <520@harvard.UUCP> <531@cylixd.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.sci:483 net.rec.photo:1654 > However, at least at Disney World's version of the Haunted Castle, there > is a segment of the haunted ride where you are taken by a large > picture window, through which you can see a bunch of ghostly figures > dancing around a gothic banquet hall. This has to be done by holograms; > I can't see any other way they could have gotten those 3-D images. Also > the fact that you have to see it through a tinted-looking window > suggests that this is a hologram. Actually, to me it suggests that a beam splitter is being used. The (National?) Museum of Holography in New York City is rumored to have the best exhibits. I saw some when they were on loan at the NGS in DC; some of the holograms were pretty spiffy. There is also a shop in Baltimore's HarborPlace where one can buy holographic art; I imagine several other cities have similar shops. If you haven't seen modern holograms, you ought to look into them (terrible pun not intended).