Korean researchers have developed a digital holography processor that converts two-dimensional (2D) videos into real-time three-dimensional (3D) holograms. This technology is expected to play a key role in the future of holography, as it enables the instantaneous transformation of ordinary 2D videos into 3D holograms.

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has announced the development of a programmable semiconductor-based digital holographic media processor (RHP) using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. This processor can convert 2D video into 3D holograms in real-time.

The real-time holography processor is the world’s first to utilize high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to generate real-time, full-color 3D holograms from 2D video. Notably, all the hardware required for hologram generation is integrated into a single system-on-chip (SoC).