Those clever chaps at nerdist.com have figured out a way to make your smartphone project stunning 3D images – basically turning your iPhone into R2-D2.
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All you need is a graph paper, a CD case, tape, super glue, pen, scissors, smartphone and a glass cutter.
From there, simply load up a YouTube video designed for hologram projectors and place your homemade creation on top of your phone.
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Mrwhosetheboss posted a video showing how to create one and it’s remarkably easy.
Options are still fairly limited, but you’re building a holograms with your phone so let’s not get too greedy, OK? The result will blow your mind! Then cut the trapezoid. Prepare to be amazed!
While these optical holograms are technically illusions, scientists are in fact working on ways to create the types of holograms we see in science fiction.
You’ll need four of these shapes in total to make up your mini projector.
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Since being uploaded yesterday, Mrwhosetheboss’s short tutorial has been viewed more than a quarter of a million times on YouTube.
