HOW TO MAKE A SMARTPHONE-POWERED HOLOGRAM [VIDEO] FOR LESS THAN $1

HOW TO MAKE A SMARTPHONE-POWERED HOLOGRAM [VIDEO]

FOR LESS THAN $1

Holograms aren’t just for droids and dead rappers. You can make your own with a piece of transparency paper and a four-sided hologram video. Properly folded, the transparency will combine the images on a phone or tablet screen to create “a reflection that gives you the illusion of an object hovering in space,” says Alex Cronin, a physicist at the University of Arizona.

Photograph by Bryan Edwards

Smartphone Hologram

Make the Hologram

Stats

• Time: 10 minutes
• Cost: $0.30-$1
• Difficulty: Easy

Tools and Materials

• Sheet of transparency paper
• Pencil, pen, or marker
• Ruler
• Compass
• Scissors
• Smartphone or tablet

Instructions

Levi Sharpe

Hologram Template

Use this template to fold the transparency paper into a prism. Cut along the solid black lines and crease along the red lines.

1. Copy the online template onto the transparency, with a radius of 4 inches or more.
2. Cut along the solid black lines, and crease along the red lines.
3. Tape the two opposite sides together to make a prism.
4. Open a four-sided hologram video on your smartphone or tablet. We have one of these videos below, and you can find more by searching for "hologram video" (this is a particularly fun one).
5. Place the small opening of the prism in the video’s center. Look through the side.

No printer for the template? No problem!

1. Use a compass and pen to draw a circle with at least a 4-inch radius on the transparency paper. Cut it out with scissors.
2. Mark five dots around the circle, each the radius’ distance apart, and use a ruler to draw a line connecting them.
3. Cutting along the lines, discard the rounded edges and the remaining third of the circle.
4. Fold the trimmed transparency in fourths to make four separate equilateral triangles. Cut off their tips about an inch from the bottom and tape the two opposite sides together to make a prism.
5. Open a four-sided hologram video on your smartphone or tablet. We have one of these videos below, and you can find more by searching for "hologram video" (this is a particularly fun one).
6. Place the small opening of the prism in the video’s center. Look through the side.

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