Abstract: A novel detachable holographic apparatus incorporates a dedicated upper shelf section that orients a portable electronic device's display screen to face downward after being inserted into the dedicated upper shelf section of the apparatus. The upper shelf section is created with a smartphone holder made of a rectangular center opening surrounded by a surrounding frame. The rectangular center opening allows the portable electronic device's display screen to project an image downward from the dedicated upper shelf section. The novel detachable holographic apparatus also incorporates a transparent display sheet or a one-way mirror sheet underneath the dedicated upper shelf section at a 45-degree angle relative to the surface of the portable electronic device's display screen, which in turn engender partial optical refractions and/or reflections of the image originating from the portable electronic device's display screen to form a hologram near the transparent display sheet or the one-way mirror sheet.

Abstract: A novel electronic system provides real-time movement-mirroring and three-dimensional (3D) holographic avatar superimposition on a human subject or another physical target located in a holographic mixed-reality environment. In the visual perspectives of a holographic mixed-reality environment viewer wearing a mixed-reality headset or another mixed-reality visualization device, the physical target becomes invisible and is replaced by a 3D holographic avatar in the same coordinates of the physical space where the holographic mixed-reality environment is active. Typically, the 3D holographic avatar is chosen by a system user to represent or “body double” a particular physical target prior to activating the holographic mixed-reality environment.

Abstract: A novel holographic transport and communication room system utilizes a single red-green-blue (RGB)-depth (RGB-D) camera to capture the motion of a dynamic target, which is required to rotate around the RGB-D camera, instead of capturing three-dimensional volume of the dynamic target conventionally with a plurality of multi-angle cameras positioned around the dynamic target. The captured 3D volume of the dynamic target subject undergoes relighting, subject depth calculations, geometrical extrapolations, and volumetric reconstructions in a machine-learning graphical transformation feedback loop to synthesize a refined real-time hologram. The resulting hologram in one holographic room system is shared with other users occupying other holographic room systems equipped with similar holographic capabilities for live bilateral or multilateral holographic visualization and collaboration.

Abstract: A novel 3D mixed-reality space and experience construction sharing system is configured to provide a novel part-holographic and part-physical object-based immersive user experience environment that enables an intermixture of computer-generated lifelike holographic objects and real objects to be synchronized and correlated to a particular physical space (i.e. as a “mixed-reality” (MR) environment) for vividly-interactive user experiences during a user's visit to the particular physical space. Moreover, the novel 3D mixed-reality space and experience construction sharing system accommodates a user interaction designer to construct and configure a mixed-reality (MR) environment and various potential user interactivities for a geographic landmark, a museum, or another tourist destination, and subsequently share the MR environment with other user interaction designers and users (e.g. tourists) who visit that tourist destination.

Abstract: A novel method for enhancing mixed-reality space map creation and mapping format compatibilities among various three-dimensional mixed-reality space and experience construction platforms is disclosed. In one example, mapped space information, current location information, geotagging information, timestamps, map scanning device information, and map creation user information are fetched from a native 3D map dataset, and are saved separately along with the native 3D map dataset. Based on a specific 3D map standardization scheme, the fetched information and at least some portions of the native 3D map dataset can then be saved as an XML metadata file. If a 3D map decoding device requesting the 3D map is deemed incompatible to the native 3D map dataset format, then the mixed-reality space map creation and mapping format compatibility-enhancing method converts the XML file on the fly into a 3D map format determined to be most compatible with the 3D map decoding device.

Abstract: A novel electronic system provides a mixed-reality live environment sharing between a surrogate visitor, who is on-site at a physical landmark, and remotely-located visitors via holographic space live streaming. This novel electronic system reduces the logistical complexity and bottlenecks for providing mixed-reality holographic environments to a large number of participants in real-time by virtualizing the visitors' mixed-reality experiences through a perspective of the surrogate visitor, who may be an on-site curator or a qualified tour guide.

Abstract: A novel vehicle onboard holographic communication system is configured to generate, manage, and display various three-dimensional holographic objects, holographic digital assistance, and dynamically-updatable holographic contents in automotive infotainment, vehicle control, and occupant communication environments. Preferably, the vehicle onboard holographic communication system includes a vehicle infotainment hardware module, a vehicle infotainment operating system (e.g. Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, etc.) and a vehicle onboard holographic communication operating system (e.g. “HoloDash OS”) executed in a CPU and a memory unit of the vehicle infotainment hardware module, and a holographic display pod integrated into a vehicle dashboard or another part of the vehicle interior. The in-vehicle holographic display pod provides lifelike high-resolution 3D holographic objects for vehicle occupant infotainment, vehicle control, and communication applications.

Abstract: A novel electronic system provides fast three-dimensional model generation, social content sharing of dynamic three-dimensional models, and monetization of the dynamic three-dimensional models created by casual consumers. In one embodiment, a casual consumer utilizes a dedicated real-time 3D model reconstruction studio with multiple camera angles, and then rapidly create dynamic 3D models with novel computational methods performed in scalable graphics processing units. In another embodiment, uncalibrated multiple sources of video recording of a targeted object are provided by a plurality of commonly-available consumer video recording devices (e.g. a smart phone, a camcorder, a digital camera, etc.) located at different angles, after which the uncalibrated multiple sources of video recording are transmitted to a novel cloud computing system for real-time temporal, spatial, and photometrical calibration and 3D model reconstruction.

Abstract: A novel electronic system provides fast three-dimensional model generation, social content sharing of dynamic three-dimensional models, and monetization of the dynamic three-dimensional models created by casual consumers. In one embodiment, a casual consumer utilizes a dedicated real-time 3D model reconstruction studio with multiple camera angles, and then rapidly create dynamic 3D models with novel computational methods performed in scalable graphics processing units. In another embodiment, uncalibrated multiple sources of video recording of a targeted object are provided by a plurality of commonly-available consumer video recording devices (e.g. a smart phone, a camcorder, a digital camera, etc.) located at different angles, after which the uncalibrated multiple sources of video recording are transmitted to a novel cloud computing system for real-time temporal, spatial, and photometrical calibration and 3D model reconstruction.

Abstract: A novel electronic system provides fast three-dimensional model generation, social content sharing of dynamic three-dimensional models, and monetization of the dynamic three-dimensional models created by casual consumers. In one embodiment, a casual consumer utilizes a dedicated real-time 3D model reconstruction studio with multiple camera angles, and then rapidly create dynamic 3D models with novel computational methods performed in scalable graphics processing units. In another embodiment, uncalibrated multiple sources of video recording of a targeted object are provided by a plurality of commonly-available consumer video recording devices (e.g. a smart phone, a camcorder, a digital camera, etc.) located at different angles, after which the uncalibrated multiple sources of video recording are transmitted to a novel cloud computing system for real-time temporal, spatial, and photometrical calibration and 3D model reconstruction.