Holoxica Enters Liquidation

Holoxica, one of the pioneers of commercial light field display technologies, has entered liquidation due to cashflow challenges – with bosses saying it could not continue without significant investment even though its tech had attracted international interest.

Founded in 2008, Holoxica pioneered patented dynamically changeable holographic displays where multiple people can experience full colour motion video 3D images simultaneously without wearing headsets. It also created several world first holograms, including the first holographic 3D anatomy atlas.

The company pivoted from hardware to software in 2019 and pioneered Telepresence (2020) and Telexistence (2021) technologies which allows full two-way 3D video conferencing and remote 3D visualisation with robotics or haptics.

In recent months, the Scottish company had attracted international interest in its technology as a solution for providing emergency medical care in space, enabling astronauts to engage with medical experts on the ground with a 3D videoconferencing tool, 3D medical animations and medical scans in natural 3D. The 3D videoconferencing tech was demonstrated at COP26 in a 5G-to-5G 3D videochat with Nokia, the University of Glasgow and the Scotland 5G Centre.