Draft:Holocomic

A holocomic (also known as holo-comic) is a type of digital comic book or graphic novel created for, holographic, 3D, volumetric, and light-field displays. Content for a holocomic ranges from layered 2D elements to layered 3D elements within a particular frustum of space and is typically rendered by a physics engine such as Unity, Unreal, and various 3D modeling software. Recent advances have allowed a holocomic to be viewed with WebXR.

History
The holocomic was first created and published by artist, educator and developer Jake E. Adams (also known as Valholo, val-ha-low) in May 2019 using the standard 8.9 inch Looking Glass Factory holographic display. The holocomic, entitled Maldacena: A Mirror for The Real, was created for his Masters dissertation at the University of Edinburgh. His practice-based research focused on Immersion and Engagement of Digital Holographic Comics. By 2020, his work became an official selection for the Denver Digerati emergent media festival and the Los Angeles New Media Festival.

In July 2019, two months after Jake Adams had created the first holocomic, Marvel answered back by debuting its light-field display comic book at the San Diego Comic-con.

With the advent of new technology in 2021 and the Looking Glass Factory Portrait holographic display, Valholo began work on Aphid Through the Looking Glass, his second holocomic. Valholo intended to optimize and bring more clarity to text and other 2D elements in this iteration. Adams did so by implementing a 550 year old renaissance painting technique called Sfumato. Aphid Through the Looking Glass was published in August, 2023.