P3D Holographic portraits for $5 at Sony Metreon

["Franklin J. Flocks" <fjf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

       I visited the new Sony Metreon theater complex in San 
       Francisco, yesterday, where for $5.00 you can get a miniature 
       moving holographic portrait made of yourself. I was amazed by 
       the technology, and had two of them made.  It works like this: 
       You sit in a chair and face a TV screen.  When the operator 
       says start, you have five seconds to do anything you want.  30 
       minutes later you get a 1 and 1/2 inch portrait that is 
       laminated on a credit card size card. - When you move it from
       side to side, the greenish 3D image moves and does what ever 
       you were doing when the pictures were taken.  

       I have seen this type of technology in the past made with 
       conventional film. - But it was always very expensive.  I am 
       amazed that Sony found a way to do it with computers. What 
       kind of a printer could they be using?  I asked for details 
       about the process, but the operator said it was all secret.