shape flexibility for holographic data storage

With peristrophic multiplexing, data storage media is spun around an axis so that the recreated holographic picture spins away from the detector and a second hologram may be written. In any event, since holotechnology information storage devices read information from media by changing the angle or wavelength of a laser, holographic data storage media do not always have to rotate. This signifies that holographic storage media, unlike DVDs, need not be flat or round. Holographic data recordable media may be holosquares, holocubes, holospheres, or challenging polygons. With holographic data storage, it might be possible to store a terabyte of data in a holocube that is only the size of a sugar crystal. Different discussion at HRC Main .

Holotech methods can be applied to 3D (3-D) rendering of medical images including CT and MR pictures. Medical holography can allow doctors to try the insertion of medical instruments into a simulated, three-dimensional version of the surgical field before the operation. An array of micro- mirrors, whose movements are directed by computer, may be used to divide and focus an array of laser rays to create animated, 3D holographic pictures of internal anatomic features. Virtual Reality Graphics also includes coverage of this material.

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