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CyberHolography^TM and ChromaDepth^® 3-D are so simple that they can be confusing: to see holographic 3-D all you need is any color picture and a pair of High Definition Glasses or Standard Glasses.  For great CyberHolographic 3-D the image should be designed using our Open CyberHolography^TM Standard, explained at our Image Design Page.  Read on to learn more.

Get a pair of High Definition Glasses to see this entire Website in CyberHolographic^TM 3-D!

ChromaDepth® Primer Table of Contents Are there different kinds of ChromaDepth®Glasses? The Secret Code of Color How do CyberHologramsTM Look? Accidental CyberHologramsTM Accidental Holographic Movies What Software is required to make CyberHolograms TM? Are HD Glasses Expensive?  How can I get some? Proudly made in the USA

ChromaDepth^® 3-D is the only holographic
3-D image display method ever created that can be easily applied in an color medium. This new process allows spectacular holographic images to be created and presented in print, film, video, television, computer graphic, and laser show formats.  The patented ChromaDepth^®  3-D process enables the creation of 'normal' looking color images that can be viewed as two dimensional images alone, but which jump into holographic 3-D when viewed with the revolutionary and inexpensive ChromaDepth^®  3-D optics in High Definition and Standard Glasses.  HD and STD Glasses actually create a holograms from the colors in a normal image!  See our CyberHolograms^TM page for more.

Are there different kinds of ChromaDepth^®  Glasses?

       Yes.  ChromaDepth^®  Glasses come in two different varieties, HD Glasses and STD Glasses.  HD or High Definition Glasses optics are optimized for viewing CyberHolograms^TM displayed by computer.  STD or Standard Glasses are optimized for use with C3D^TM print images.  We also recommend that STD Glasses for all uses by children.  STD Glasses provide very strong 3-D effects at the cost of some image clarity.  HD Glasses show slightly less depth, but the images are crisp and clear, which most adults prefer.
       ChromaDepth^® images designed for computer-based applications are called CyberHolograms^TM.  Holographic depth is encoded into a CyberHologram ^TM by applying the design criteria of Chromatek's Open CyberHolography^TM Standard.  HD Glasses are used to 'play' the holographic content of a CyberHologram ^TM. 
       Images designed for print-based applications are called C3D^TM images.  They are best viewed with STD Glasses.   While any kind of ChromaDepth^®  image, CyberHologram^TM or C3D^TM, can be holographically 'played' with either HD or STD Glasses, the optimium combinations are to use HD Glasses with CyberHolograms^TM  and STD Glasses with printed C3D^TM images.

The secret code of color:

       The core concept of ChromaDepth^®  and CyberHolography^TM is straightforward; encode depth into an image by means of color, then optically decode the color to create a true holographic image.  There are a variety of color palettes that produce effective programming of holographic depth, but the simplest one is this:

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So how do CyberHolograms^TM and C3D^TM Images look?

       In a phrase, beautifully holographic.  CyberHolograms^TM and C3D^TM images float in a holographic space that is centered the original image, with parts of the image floating above and parts beneath.  What you actually see is a very high quality full color hologram.  ChromaDepth^® optics in HD Glasses and C3D^TM Glasses holographically 'float' the colors in an image at different points in space.  These glasses actually are general purpose holograms that work in conjunction with the colors in flat images to make a complete hologram.

Accidental CyberHolograms^TM

      Lovely examples of completely natural CyberHolograms^TM images can be found in almost any book of underwater reef photography. The natural colors of this world often fall accidentally into the ChromaDepth^® palette to make the image beautifully holographic when viewed with HD ^TM or STD Glasses.
      Surprisingly, most trained artists already understand ChromaDepth^® depth encoding and use it in much of their artwork.  They call it 'warm colors approach, cool colors recede'.  So called 'warm' colors are reds, oranges, and some yellows and 'cool' colors are blues and blue-greens.  Because of a number of quirks of human perception, artists have learned that artwork can be imbued with a sense of depth by using the warm colors for foreground imagery and the cool colors for background imagery.  Much advertising and magazine artwork follows this design rule, so these images often show great holographic 3-D when viewed with HD or STD Glasses.

Accidental Holographic Movies

       Even movies may be designed with this artist's rule; get some HD Glasses and see the movie 'Mulan'.  The holographic effects are breathtaking!  Also see the most recent Batman movie 'Batman and Robin' (now available on video).  It shows fantastic holographic effects because of its strong ChromaDepth^® suitable colors!  The producers didn't even intend either of these movies to be 3-D!  Other great HD and STD viewable movies include Disney's 'Pocahontas' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', and parts of the new animated 'Anastasia'.

What special software is required to create CyberHolograms^TM?

       No special software is required.  You can create CyberHolograms^TM with any color graphic design software.  What changes is your design method, not your software.  Great CyberHolograms^TM can be created with Crayola Art Studio as well as Adobe Illustrator.