Holograms & Holography: Design, Techniques, & Commercial Applications (Science and Computing Series) [Hardcover]

John R. Vacca (Author), Michael Erbschloe (Preface)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2001 | Series: Science and Computing Series

Computer generated holograms have numerous commercial applications from enhancing 3D WWW pages and dealing with anti-piracy to the creation of Hollywood quality video games and virtual reality situations. This text is a comprehensive look at basic holographic principles, commercial applications, and the digital techniques used in creating them. Future directions, such as holographic neural networks and 3-D "virtual" web pages are also discussed. This is not just a book of holograms; it is a technical study of how to use and create them for practical use. The CD contains holographic images and the software for their creation and manipulation, as well as hundreds of commercial applications include anti-counterfeiting, stationery, entertainment, trading cards, virtual reality, 3D WWW pages, premiums and more. Chapters on the holographic creation include discussions of motion picture holographic production, electro- and electron holography, holographic interferometry and laser electronics.

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KEY FEATURES:

* CD contains the latest and best holographic images and the software for their creation and manipulation

* Hundreds of commercial applications include anti-counterfieiting, stationary, entertainment, trading cards, virtual reality, 3D WWW pages, premiums, and more...

* Chapters on the holographic creatioin include discussions of motion picture holographic production, electro- and electron holography, holographic inteferometry and laser electronics

Product Details

• Hardcover: 676 pages
• Publisher: Charles River Media; 1st edition (April 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886801967
• ISBN-13: 978-1886801967
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,975,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a misleading con, September 19, 2001

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Ian M Lancaster (Hampton, Middx United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holograms & Holography: Design, Techniques, & Commercial Applications (Science and Computing Series) (Hardcover)

This book is inaccurate, out of date and misleading. It should never have been published, but as it has been the "author" and publisher should at least have had the grace to acknowledge the fact that much of the content has been copied wholesale from previously published papers and web sites. It won't help anyone to make or understand holograms - its science is confusing and wrong, its techniques are even more confusing and inadequate.
As an editor of a holography book myself I declare an interest, but I would have been pleased to see a good book on the topic. This book is not it. In fact, it's utter rubbish (how's that for a carefully reasoned response?)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is by far the worst book on holograms in print, August 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Holograms & Holography: Design, Techniques, & Commercial Applications (Science and Computing Series) (Hardcover)

I believe this book does a great disservice to our industry bringing the worst "Internet ethics" into the realm of technical literature. It exploits the fact that there is a real need for a new book on this subject and cynically fails to deliver the goods, whilst disingenuously dressing up the package to make a quick sale. most of the text has simply been lifted from other sources (mostly the internet where one can read it for free) and is now several years out of date. The new reader would have no reason to suspect this, however, as in the author's "end notes" he cites his sources as being from the last couple of years. That might not matter, except that the world has moved on and it is now a little sad, to read chapters about building a studio for silver halide holography, as though we were in 1981 rather than 2001. It's like reading a typewriter manual, or a guidebook for Windows 3.1. - it's just not relevant anymore.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A complete, in-depth book and CD-ROM technical manual, October 10, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holograms & Holography: Design, Techniques, & Commercial Applications (Science and Computing Series) (Hardcover)

Holograms & Holography: Design, Techniques, & Commercial Applications is a complete, in-depth book and CD-ROM technical manual for the combination of physics and optics that allows the creating of a beautiful, shiny, three-dimensional image on a two-dimensional surface. From the myriad uses of hologram technology to the economic value of holograms and how to create them with a computer, Holograms & Holography Design is more than a straightforward instruction book - it also has helpful instructions for how to best put holograms to commercial and practical use. The text is "intermediate to advanced" level; while it covers some very complex and technical subjects, it strives to do so in an explicitly clear manner, that anyone with a basic understanding of the physics involved can grasp. Diagrams, appendices, glossary, and an index complete the handy accessibility of this reference. The CD-ROM that comes with the book contains hologram-related images, animations, and web sites. In order to view the CD-ROM's files, a separate graphics program software such as Paint Shop Pro or Visio is required for the image files, and a separate movie player such as Quicktime, Windows Media Player, or Real Player Plug-in is required for the movies. Adobe Acrobat Reader and any web browser software (such as Netscape) are also useful for taking full advantage of the CD-ROM. Highly recommended!