Holografika--leader in 3D monitors.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)

Hungarian company Holografika, led by Tibor Balogh, has become a world leader in the design and production of autostereoscopic 3D displays, leading to Balogh being nominated for a World Technology Award. The company has also been quick to take advantage of Hungary's recent accession to the EU as the leader in several EC-funded research projects, including the Holovision project to develop a high-resolution, accurate colour autostereoscopic 3D display using LEDs and a holographic screen.

Balogh became involved in holography in the 1980s, while he was an assistant professor at the ELTE University in Budapest, specialising in information theory and technologies. During this period he exhibited his holograms in numerous galleries and exhibitions, and also briefly ran the laboratory at the Musee de l'Holographie in Paris. He established Holografika in 1989, and remains its CEO, taking it from its beginnings as a hologram producer to its current activities as an R & D company specialising in 3D information and display.

In 2005 Videoton Holdings, the Hungarian contract electronics manufacturer (the largest independent electronics manufacturer in central Europe) invested in the company, and now Balogh reckons another [euro]12m is needed to enable the company to realise the potential of its concepts in 3D display and to establish a global sales and marketing operation. Current staff is around 20, most of them researchers or engineers. They are working towards the company's ambitious mission to make '3DTV in homes a reality (delivering) interactive television programs and games.'

Holografika's commercial 3D displays are branded as HoloVizio[TM] and range from a 26" (diagonal) 4:3 aspect …