Yes. Most people think of something like this image of princess Leia coming out from R2: https://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/g/2017/01/star-wars-hologram.jpg http

Yes. Most people think of something like this image of princess Leia coming out from R2: https://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/g/2017/01/star-wars-hologram.jpg https://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/g/2017/01/star-wars-hologr... That requires 1. The imagine coming "out" of the screen such that you can even see the image at 90º to the projector 2. The image occluding the physical background. As far as I understand, such a thing is impossible as seen in the still above (i.e. from a single projector), but can be fakes by using stuff in the air to scatter the light, like this research project (1) or this not-great version that uses fog (2) (1) https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/princess-leia-holograms-one-step-closer-reality https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/princess-leia-hologr... (2) http://www.leiadisplay.com/ http://www.leiadisplay.com/