Founder of PORTL Hologram David Nussbaum wants to build a machine that can bring the happiness of hologram-based communication to all people.
Nussbaum can thank the realization of this goal to a new three million dollars that Nussbaum’s company raised. This money was raised from the well-known venture investor Tim Draper, former Electronic Arts executive Doug Barry and awards-show producer Joe Lewis.
Barry is doing more than just backing the company. He is also joining Nussbaum’s company as chief operating officer.
A lot of interest in holograms has to do with the performance given posthumously by the late Tupac Shakur hologram at Coachella roughly eight years ago.
Nussbaum reacted to buzz created by the Tupac performance by developing a business based on developing holograms. Nussbaum secured patents that powered the Tupac performance. Nussbaum then used the technology to beam Julian Assange from isolation in the Ecuadoran embassy. Nussbaum also beamed many dead music stars and their performances for people to enjoy.
These visual successes contained an updated version of the Pepper Ghost technique that stage illusionists and moviemakers have been using since its invention by John Pepper in the 19th century.
Nussbaum claims that PORTL is a significant upgrade. The projector can beam images day or night by using the company capture studio-in-a-box, which can beam anyone willing to pay the fee of $60,000.
PORTL has sold over a hundred devices and has delivered dozens of devices to shopping malls, airports, and movie theatres.
Interactivity is a major aspect of the selling point for the hologram. The hardware allows the user of the hologram to hear people viewing the beam.
PORTL is in the process of building a smaller version of their system, down to a size of a desktop computer. This smaller system could be used to record and distribute holograms to anyone who has a PORTL device.
The smaller versions will have recorded entertainment available in addition to the communication aspects
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