KRЯRL DЯAWINGS: AI Holograms

SUMMARY: The quickest way to make HOLOGRAMS is to generate "depth map diptychs" with RGBD PHOTO -- and then "drag and drop" those JPG files into the LOOKING GLASS STUDIO program, to sync them into the LOOKING GLASS PORTRAIT display.

Leonardo.AI

The source image for the examples

to turn into a 3D HOLOGRAM

(AI-generated image in my drawing style)

AI HOLOGRAM SLIDESHOWS

My ultimate aim is to create and share HOLOGRAM Slideshows:

230214__HOP.zip (AI Images -- Feb 2023)
230218__KRRRL_holograms.zip (Leonardo.AI)

After creating these two HOLOGRAM slideshows above, of AI Art for the Looking Glass Portrait display, I began investigating about how to streamline the process.

THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES

I discovered 3 online programs that would give me the DEPTH MAPS that the Looking Glass Portrait display needs to generate a 3D HOLOGRAM:

The bottom two programs basically generated the same thing; but the top program -- DPT-Large -- generated a slightly different kind of depth map, which I thought gave a more pleasing 3D HOLOGRAM. One can download all three HOP files, generated by the three programs, to compare the differences.

1) DPT-Large

I created the first hologram diptych in a two part process. First I created a depth map by uploading the top source image above to DPT-Large. Then I created a diptych in XnView (Create>Strip of images...), with the original to the left of the depth map:

DPT-Large

01__hologram__DPT-Large.hop (189 KB)

The resulting hologram was spatially different in the Looking Glass Portrait display from those generated by the two processes below.

2) RGB to RGBD for Looking Glass (using MiDaS)

I uploaded the main source image to RGB to RGBD for Looking Glass (using MiDaS), and it automatically generated a diptych, ready to be uploaded to the Looking Glass Portrait:

RGB to RGBD for Looking Glass (using MiDaS)

02__hologram__RGBD_for_Looking_Glass.hop (442 KB)

3) RGBD Photo

I uploaded the main source image to RGBD Photo and it also automatically generated diptych, ready to be uploaded to the Looking Glass Portrait:

RGBD Photo

03__hologram__RGBD_Photo.hop (189 KB)

This program is part of a suite of four programs at LOOKING GLOVES that generate holograms for the Looking Glass Portrait display:

Other

YouTube discussion of Depth Maps: the BEST depth map generator
Mobile Monocular

I also uploaded the three different depth maps to DEPTHY, but the resulting animated GIFs were all the same:

DEPTHY

The next best thing to a hologram

SLIDE SHOW

Creation

Ultimately I wanted to create a SLIDESHOW of HOLOGRAMS to share with others on the Internet. I then asked how in the Looking Glass Discord; and also linked to the ZIP file of the HOLOGRAM Slideshow I created:

Advice from Discord

Almost immediately Bryan answered:

You can drag and drop all the hop files into looking glass studio and then import them that way, there’s no wireless solution currently, you’d need to sync the files to the Looking Glass Portrait with Looking Glass Studio

I "dragged and dropped" several files at once into the Looking Glass Studio program, and that worked wonderfully. I could even import HOP and JPG files at the same time.

However I still had to DELETE each file individually...there was no way to highlight a bunch of files and delete in quantity... however if one BACKSPACES he can delete a file quickly from the Looking Glass Studio