Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Easy to make hologram showing Princess Leia's message from Star Wars IV, a flying pterodactyl and a skull. All you need to make is a 4-sided clear plastic pyramid and a drawing with 4 different views of an image. Some of mine are even animated.

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Note that strictly speaking, this isn't actually a hologram. A hologram refers to a thing created using a specific process and involves the "use of laser, interference, diffraction, light intensity recording and suitable illumination of the recording" [from wikipedia]. This pyramid "hologram" is really 4 views using a trick called Pepper's Ghost, the result being something that is popularly known as a hologram.

See also:

Adding Lasers to Star Wars TIE Fighter and Star Trek Enterprise Models
youtube.com/watch?v=VxIEV27AjWQ

How a Prism Works to Make Rainbow Colors
youtube.com/watch?v=JGqsi_LDUn0

How to Make/Build a Crystal Radio
youtube.com/watch?v=VqdcU9ULAlA

Inspiration for this came from slider2732's video here:
youtube.com/watch?v=Mz_0ktL9DtM

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Music used for the introduction:
"Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Music used after the introduction:
Maraton Man
Music by audionautix.com