This kid is about to be permanently traumatized by a lifelike hologram from Light Field Lab.
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Light Field Lab and Otoy team up to make Star Trek’s Holodeck a reality

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Holographic display maker Light Field Lab and graphics software firm Otoy have teamed up to turn the Star Trek Holodeck into a reality.

The Holodeck, which Star Trek movies and shows depict as a perfect virtual reality space where people can live out their fantasies, is one of the long-sought dreams of the technological world.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.