Hologram company comparison
The Best Hologram Companies
in the World
A detailed comparison of 20 leading hologram and holographic display companies across life-size Holobox systems, AI avatars, telepresence, hologram fans, light-field displays, volumetric technology, retail media, OOH advertising and spatial computing.
What counts as a hologram company?
The modern hologram market is not one technology. Life-size transparent-display cabinets, rotating LED hologram fans, light-field displays, volumetric systems and large-format projection are all commonly marketed using the language of holography, even though they create the visual effect in very different ways.
That matters because a buyer looking for a life-size AI hologram or hologram person has very different requirements from a design team evaluating a light-field monitor, a brand considering a hologram fan, or a hospital evaluating specialist 3D medical visualisation.
This page therefore compares each company against the job it is actually trying to do. The overall ranking gives the greatest weight to real-world commercial versatility: life-size human presence, AI avatar capability, live communication, interactivity, advertising, retail media, transport, installation, scalability, remote management, software dependency and the ability to operate as part of a network.
The 20 Best Hologram Companies
There is no universally accepted league table for hologram companies because the market spans several different display architectures. The ranking below reflects Miirage's assessment of overall commercial capability rather than claiming that every company competes for the same project.
| Rank | Company | Best known for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miirage | Best overall commercial hologram platform |
| 2 | Proto | Holoportation, embodied AI and premium telepresence |
| 3 | Holoconnects | Holobox displays, telepresence and AI holograms |
| 4 | HEREweHOLO | Holobox, Holomini and modular Holowall |
| 5 | HYPERVSN | Hologram fans and floating LED advertising |
| 6 | Looking Glass | Light-field and Hololuminescent displays |
| 7 | Realfiction | Dreamoc and mixed-reality product displays |
| 8 | Light Field Lab | SolidLight large-format light-field displays |
| 9 | Axiom Holographics | Hologram tables, rooms and spatial visualisation |
| 10 | Avalon Holographics | NOVAC advanced light-field visualisation |
| 11 | Voxon Photonics | True volumetric displays |
| 12 | Sony | Spatial Reality Display |
| 13 | Leia Inc. | Light-field and immersive 3D displays |
| 14 | RealView Imaging | Medical holography |
| 15 | Holoxica | Holographic telepresence and specialist 3D visualisation |
| 16 | Swave Photonics | NanoPixel holography and future spatial computing |
| 17 | Musion 3D | Large-format holographic projection and telepresence |
| 18 | HOLOFIL | Compact 3D holographic displays |
| 19 | IKIN | Personal holographic display experiences |
| 20 | Blaise Photonics | Emerging free-space volumetric imagery |
How the companies were assessed
The ranking gives weight to what matters when a holographic display has to work as commercial infrastructure rather than as a laboratory demonstration. The assessment criteria are:
Experience and interaction
- Visual presence and image quality
- Life-size human representation
- AI avatar capability
- Live holographic communication
- Touch and other forms of interactivity
- Content flexibility
Commercial deployment
- Advertising capability
- Retail media suitability
- Installation requirements
- Portability and logistics
- Scalability and remote management
- Software dependency
- Commercial flexibility
- Suitability for permanent networks
Important:
A specialist medical holography company is not penalised because it cannot run an OOH advertising campaign. Its specialist strength is recognised, while the overall ranking rewards breadth across commercial deployment scenarios.
1
Miirage
Best overall commercial hologram platformMiirage occupies a broad position within the hologram industry because the platform is designed to perform several commercial jobs from the same physical infrastructure. The flagship Miirage Miracle combines a 4K transparent display with infrared touch, integrated Windows 11 Pro computing, camera, microphone, audio, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and 4G/5G connectivity.
The result is a life-size hologram display that can move between prerecorded brand campaigns, product visualisation, live presenters, multilingual AI avatars, customer service, wayfinding and holographic advertising. Miirage is also developing around permanent networks in retail, shopping centres, airports, stations, stadiums and other high-footfall environments rather than treating every project as a one-off event.
Where Miirage is strong
- Life-size 4K holographic presence
- Interactive AI avatars and digital humans
- Touch interaction
- Live streaming and telepresence
- Retail media and OOH advertising
- Remote monitoring and content management
- Integrated computing and connectivity
- Scalable network deployment
Why it ranks first
Miirage does not claim to use the most technically exotic display architecture in every category. Its advantage is the combination of visual presence, AI, interaction, advertising, live communication, deployment practicality and monetisation in one platform.
2
Proto
Holoportation, embodied AI and premium telepresenceProto is one of the most recognisable names in modern holographic telepresence. The company built considerable awareness through celebrity appearances, entertainment, sports, live holographic broadcasting and premium brand activations, and has expanded its positioning toward embodied AI, conversational AI, physical AI and enterprise spatial computing.
Its flagship Proto Luma supports life-size content, live communication, AI avatars and the proprietary ProtoOS ecosystem. ProtoOS brings together content management, live beaming, AI, analytics, fleet management and application deployment, giving Proto one of the most mature vertically integrated software platforms in the category.
Where Proto is strong
- Strong international brand recognition
- Holoportation and live telepresence
- Embodied and conversational AI
- ProtoOS software ecosystem
- Celebrity, sports and entertainment heritage
- Enterprise and healthcare case studies
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage is lighter, more open at the computing layer and more explicitly focused on holographic advertising, retail media, OOH partnerships and scalable location networks. Proto's proprietary hardware-plus-software approach is powerful, but its annual software model can also increase lifetime cost.
3
Holoconnects
Holobox displays, telepresence and AI hologramsHoloconnects is one of the closest direct competitors to Miirage. Its Holobox format is designed for life-size people, prerecorded content, live communication and interactive AI agents, with use cases spanning hospitality, healthcare, education, events and retail.
The company is particularly clear in its public product communication, including multiple display sizes and commercial routes such as purchase, rental and leasing. That makes the platform straightforward for buyers to understand and compare.
Where Holoconnects is strong
- Life-size Holobox systems
- AI hologram agents
- Hospitality and healthcare positioning
- Two-way communication
- Multiple display sizes
- Clear commercial packaging
Where Miirage has the advantage
The full-size Holobox is substantially heavier than Miirage Miracle, while Miirage has a stronger strategic emphasis on retail media, DOOH and revenue-generating network partnerships. Miirage is positioned not only as an engagement device but as premium media inventory.
4
HEREweHOLO
Holobox, Holomini and modular HolowallHEREweHOLO is a direct European competitor in the life-size Holobox category. Its portfolio includes the Holomini, Holobox and modular Holowall, giving the company a useful product ladder from compact product display to life-size people and larger multi-display installations.
The company focuses on events, corporate communication, brand activations and display installations, with 4K playback, touchscreen interaction and live presenting as part of the offering.
Where HEREweHOLO is strong
- Holomini, Holobox and Holowall range
- Life-size content
- Touch interaction
- Live presenting
- Modular large-format configurations
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage Miracle is materially lighter than HEREweHOLO's published full-size Holobox specification and Miirage has a broader strategy around AI-avatar services, retail media, OOH and media-owner partnerships.
5
HYPERVSN
Hologram fans and floating LED advertisingHYPERVSN is often grouped with Holobox companies, but the underlying technology is fundamentally different. SmartV products use rapidly rotating LED rays to create a persistence-of-vision effect in which animated content appears to float in open air.
This architecture is particularly effective for products, logos, floating objects, trade shows, retail advertising and large synchronised walls. HYPERVSN can be more appropriate than a Holobox when the brief prioritises high brightness and a dramatic open-air visual effect rather than realistic human presence.
Where HYPERVSN is strong
- Open-air floating visual effect
- Very high brightness
- Animated products and logos
- Large synchronised walls
- Strong trade-show impact
Where Miirage has the advantage
Rotating LED hardware has different safety and viewing requirements. Miirage is better suited to close-range customer interaction, realistic life-size humans, touch, conversational AI and live presenters at normal conversational distance.
6
Looking Glass
Light-field and Hololuminescent displaysLooking Glass Factory is one of the best-known names in glasses-free 3D and light-field displays. Its systems generate multiple perspectives of a scene so viewers can perceive spatial depth without wearing a headset.
The company has expanded from desktop light-field products into larger Hololuminescent Display formats aimed at signage and interactive commercial environments, backed by a strong developer ecosystem.
Where Looking Glass is strong
- Light-field display technology
- Glasses-free 3D
- Multi-view perspective
- Developer ecosystem
- Thin large-format formats
- Product and spatial visualisation
Where Miirage has the advantage
Looking Glass is primarily a display technology. Miirage is a more complete customer-facing system with integrated computing, camera, microphone, touch, audio, AI avatars, live communication and advertising workflows.
7
Realfiction
Dreamoc and mixed-reality product displaysRealfiction has a long history in holographic retail display. The Dreamoc family combines physical product placement with reflected digital content, producing elegant mixed-reality presentations for retail, exhibitions and product launches.
The approach is particularly strong when the real product itself is part of the experience, for example jewellery, bottles, electronics or premium packaged goods surrounded by animated digital content.
Where Realfiction is strong
- Premium product visualisation
- Mixed physical and digital presentation
- Retail and exhibition heritage
- Dreamoc product family
- Strong brand-activation use cases
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage operates at human scale and is much better suited to life-size people, AI customer service, live communication, wayfinding, retail media and OOH networks.
8
Light Field Lab
SolidLight large-format light-field displaysLight Field Lab is pursuing one of the industry's most ambitious display architectures. Its SolidLight platform uses dense directional light fields to create digital objects that appear to occupy real physical space without headsets.
The technology is aimed at flagship entertainment, experiential and spatial-computing installations where advanced spatial realism is the priority.
Where Light Field Lab is strong
- Advanced light-field architecture
- Very high photonic pixel density
- Large modular installations
- Natural spatial perspective
- Flagship experiential applications
Where Miirage has the advantage
SolidLight is closer to advanced display infrastructure than a repeatable retail product. Miirage can be freighted, installed and remotely managed across malls, airports, stores and events with far less infrastructure.
9
Axiom Holographics
Hologram tables, rooms and spatial visualisationAxiom Holographics develops immersive systems including Hologram Tables, Hologram Walls and Hologram Rooms. The company's products are oriented toward collaborative 3D visualisation rather than life-size customer-facing communication.
Typical use cases include engineering, mapping, architecture, education, defence, simulation and collaborative exploration of spatial data.
Where Axiom is strong
- Collaborative 3D visualisation
- Hologram tables
- Hologram rooms and walls
- Engineering and mapping
- Education and simulation
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage is substantially better suited to public-facing communication, advertising, customer service and AI avatars. Axiom is a specialist spatial-visualisation company solving a different problem.
10
Avalon Holographics
NOVAC advanced light-field visualisationAvalon Holographics sits at the high-performance end of the light-field market. Its NOVAC platform is designed for demanding professional applications such as defence, medical imaging, emergency management and complex spatial data.
The technology is highly sophisticated and should be treated as specialist infrastructure rather than ordinary digital signage or a conventional Holobox.
Where Avalon is strong
- Extremely high visual-data density
- Advanced light-field imaging
- Defence and medical applications
- Wide field-of-view visualisation
- Professional spatial data
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage's advantage is the opposite of defence-grade complexity: much simpler, lighter and lower-friction deployment for commercial environments that need to be transported, installed, maintained and monetised economically.
11
Voxon Photonics
True volumetric displaysVoxon is one of the few companies producing genuine volumetric imagery. Instead of presenting depth on a flat or transparent surface, Voxon systems generate imagery inside a physical volume so viewers can examine objects from multiple directions.
Where Voxon is strong
- True volumetric imagery
- Multi-direction viewing
- Scientific and medical visualisation
- Education and gaming
- Spatial data exploration
Where Miirage has the advantage
The current format is not designed around convincing life-size people. Miirage has the advantage where human scale, conversation, AI avatars, advertising and public engagement are the objective.
12
Sony Spatial Reality Display
Professional glasses-free 3D visualisationSony's Spatial Reality Display uses eye tracking to optimise glasses-free 3D imagery for the viewer's position. It is particularly relevant to product design, CAD, medical models, entertainment content and professional creative workflows.
Where Sony is strong
- Professional 3D visualisation
- Eye-tracked display
- Design and CAD workflows
- Medical and creative applications
- Strong enterprise brand
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage is designed around group viewing, public-facing installation and human-scale communication, while Sony's product is better suited to individual or small-group professional visualisation.
13
Leia Inc.
Light-field and immersive 3D displaysLeia has been an important developer of light-field and glasses-free 3D technology. Its work has focused on bringing immersive 3D into more familiar display and device formats, supported by software for content creation and visualisation.
Where Leia is strong
- Glasses-free 3D
- Light-field integration
- Display and device ecosystems
- Software-supported immersive content
Where Miirage has the advantage
Leia's strength is integration into familiar device and screen formats. Miirage's strength is dedicated life-size presence in public environments combined with AI, touch, communication and advertising.
14
RealView Imaging
Medical holographyRealView Imaging is a highly specialised medical holography business. Its HOLOSCOPE platform is designed to create interactive anatomical imagery from clinical data for operating rooms and interventional procedures.
Where RealView is strong
- Medical imaging
- Clinical 3D visualisation
- Interactive anatomical holography
- Operating-room applications
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage is not competing to perform medical imaging. Its advantage is as a commercial platform for advertising, AI, communication and public interaction, so direct comparison only makes sense at the wider industry level.
15
Holoxica
Holographic telepresence and specialist 3D visualisationUK-based Holoxica has spent years developing digital holography and 3D visualisation systems. Its activities span research, consultancy, holographic displays and HoloPresence telepresence technology.
Where Holoxica is strong
- Digital holography research
- HoloPresence telepresence
- 3D visualisation
- Consultancy and specialist engineering
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage is more directly productised for turnkey commercial deployment and is easier to position as a repeatable platform for retailers, media owners, brands, events and customer-service environments.
16
Swave Photonics
NanoPixel holography and future spatial computingSwave Photonics is developing a different generation of holographic technology aimed at future spatial-computing products, including AR glasses and compact holographic surfaces.
Where Swave is strong
- Holographic semiconductor technology
- Nano-scale pixels
- Future AR and spatial computing
- Advanced display research
Where Miirage has the advantage
Miirage is commercially deployable now at human scale. Swave represents a future display architecture rather than a direct alternative for today's retail, OOH or customer-service rollout.
17
Musion 3D
Large-format holographic projection and telepresenceMusion is one of the historic names in modern holographic entertainment. Its systems evolved from large-format Pepper's Ghost-style projection and have been used for live performances, digital resurrection, corporate events and holographic telepresence.
Where Musion is strong
- Stage-scale holographic illusion
- Concerts and entertainment
- Large audiences
- Live telepresence
- High-impact event production
Where Miirage has the advantage
The infrastructure and staging requirements make Musion less suitable for unattended rollout across many retail locations. Miirage packages the experience into a compact, repeatable, permanently deployable unit.
18
HOLOFIL
Compact 3D holographic displaysHOLOFIL offers compact 3D holographic display products aimed at retail, education, marketing, exhibitions and product demonstrations. Its systems prioritise portability and accessibility rather than human-scale presentation.
Where HOLOFIL is strong
- Portable holographic displays
- Product demonstrations
- Education and exhibitions
- Interactive 3D content
Where Miirage has the advantage
The key limitation versus Miirage is scale. Compact tabletop hardware cannot reproduce a convincing life-size human, AI assistant or customer-service agent.
19
IKIN
Personal holographic display experiencesIKIN has explored personal holographic display experiences through products such as RYZ, designed around mobile or personal use rather than public installations. The concept is relevant to gaming, education, holographic communication and personal 3D content.
Where IKIN is strong
- Personal holographic experiences
- Mobile and compact form factors
- Gaming and education
- Consumer-oriented 3D interaction
Where Miirage has the advantage
IKIN is not a direct competitor for large public installations. Miirage is better suited to life-size presence, branded customer interaction, retail and media applications.
20
Blaise Photonics
Emerging free-space volumetric imageryBlaise Photonics is developing an ambitious free-space volumetric concept positioned around real-time, 360-degree, multi-user, interactive imagery without a conventional visible screen.
If successfully commercialised at scale, technologies of this type could represent a future generation beyond several current holographic display formats.
Where Blaise Photonics is strong
- Free-space volumetric ambition
- 360-degree viewing
- Multi-user interaction
- Emerging display architecture
Where Miirage has the advantage
The technology is much earlier in commercial maturity than established display systems. Miirage's advantage is immediate deployability, proven content workflows, integrated interaction and a commercial model designed for rollout now.
Hologram technologies compared
The term hologram display is used commercially for several different technologies. Separating them makes the buying decision much easier.
Transparent-display Holoboxes
Examples: Miirage, Proto, Holoconnects and HEREweHOLO.
Best for life-size people, AI avatars, telepresence, customer service, retail, advertising, events and public installations.
Hologram fans
Example: HYPERVSN.
Best for floating products, logos, animation, visual spectacle and long-range advertising.
Light-field displays
Examples: Looking Glass, Light Field Lab, Avalon, Leia and Sony.
Best for spatial visualisation, glasses-free 3D, design, engineering and specialist imaging.
Volumetric displays
Examples: Voxon and emerging systems such as Blaise Photonics.
Best for 360-degree 3D objects, scientific visualisation, education and engineering.
Large-format holographic projection
Example: Musion 3D.
Best for concerts, stages, live events, entertainment and large audiences.
Product display holograms
Examples: Realfiction and HOLOFIL.
Best for products, jewellery, exhibitions and retail showcases.
Why Miirage comes out on top
There is no single best hologram company for every imaginable use case. Voxon may be better for a true volumetric model. RealView is designed for specialist medical visualisation. Musion can create stage-scale experiences, and HYPERVSN can produce dramatic open-air LED effects.
Most commercial buyers, however, need something broader. They need a platform that can advertise today, operate as a multilingual AI assistant tomorrow, support a product launch next week, receive a live presenter during an event and serve customers when no campaign is running.
Holographic advertising
Miirage can operate as premium advertising inventory for brands, retailers, landlords and OOH media owners.
AI avatars
Life-size multilingual AI agents can answer questions, explain products, provide information, guide visitors and represent brands.
Live holographic communication
Real people can be streamed into the display remotely for meetings, presentations and public-facing communication.
Touch and interaction
Users can interact directly rather than simply watch a passive display.
Retail media
The same units can form part of a monetised retail media network and switch between service and advertising roles.
Content flexibility
Filmed humans, products, 3D animation, conventional creative and AI-generated content can all be used.
Scalable deployment
The platform is designed around practical transport, remote monitoring and rollout across multiple locations.
Commercial flexibility
Miirage works with venues, media owners, retailers and partners to create networks rather than treating every deployment purely as another hardware sale.
Overall verdict
Proto has an exceptionally sophisticated software ecosystem. Holoconnects has strong telepresence and hospitality use cases. HYPERVSN can create spectacular floating visuals. Looking Glass and Light Field Lab are advancing light-field technology. Realfiction makes excellent product displays. Voxon creates genuine volumetric images. But when the objective is to combine hologram displays, AI avatars, customer engagement, retail media, OOH advertising, live communication and scalable physical deployment, Miirage provides the strongest overall combination in this comparison.
The future of holograms is not just display technology
Artificial intelligence is turning holographic displays into interfaces. A hologram person no longer needs to repeat the same prerecorded message. It can listen, answer, translate, recommend, guide, teach, sell and hand a customer over to a human.
At the same time, retail media and OOH are turning physical locations into increasingly valuable media environments. The holographic display of the future may simultaneously be an advertising screen, AI employee, information desk, entertainment platform, communication system and measurable media asset.
That is the market Miirage is building for. The most important hologram company of the next decade may not simply be the company that produces the most technically impressive image. It may be the company that turns holographic presence into a scalable commercial platform.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best hologram companies?
The market includes several technology categories. In this Miirage comparison, Miirage ranks first as the strongest all-round commercial platform, followed by Proto, Holoconnects, HEREweHOLO, HYPERVSN and Looking Glass. Specialist companies may be stronger for particular light-field, volumetric, medical or stage applications.
Which hologram company is best for AI avatars?
Miirage, Proto, Holoconnects and HEREweHOLO all operate in the life-size display category and support AI-driven human or character experiences. Miirage's advantage is combining AI avatars with advertising, retail media, live communication and scalable network deployment.
What is the difference between a Holobox and a hologram fan?
Holobox-style systems use an enclosed portrait display format designed for realistic people, AI avatars, telepresence and close-range interaction. Hologram fan systems such as HYPERVSN use rapidly rotating LED hardware to create floating persistence-of-vision imagery that is particularly effective for logos, products and large visual effects.
Is Miirage a Proto alternative?
Yes. Miirage is one of the closest commercial alternatives to Proto for life-size holographic people, AI avatars, live communication and interactive display use cases. A dedicated Miirage vs Proto comparison is available in the detailed competitor comparisons section below.
Which hologram companies make true volumetric displays?
Voxon Photonics is one of the best-known companies producing genuine volumetric imagery. Blaise Photonics is developing emerging free-space volumetric technology, while several other companies in the market use light-field, transparent-display, projection or persistence-of-vision architectures.
Which hologram company is best for retail and OOH advertising?
Miirage is particularly focused on holographic advertising, retail media, OOH and scalable media-owner partnerships. HYPERVSN is also strong for eye-catching floating LED advertising, while Realfiction is strong for smaller product showcases.
Sources and vendor references
Primary vendor sources
- Miirage. Holographic displays, AI avatar assistants, advertising and retail-media positioning. View source ↗
- Proto. Luma, ProtoOS, spatial computing, holoportation and embodied AI. View source ↗
- Holoconnects. Holobox products, telepresence and AI holograms. View source ↗
- HEREweHOLO. Holomini, Holobox and Holowall. View source ↗
- HYPERVSN. SmartV rotor-LED hologram systems and walls. View source ↗
- Looking Glass Factory. Light-field and Hololuminescent display products. View source ↗
- Realfiction. Dreamoc and mixed-reality display products. View source ↗
- Light Field Lab. SolidLight light-field display platform. View source ↗
- Axiom Holographics. Hologram tables, walls and rooms. View source ↗
- Avalon Holographics. NOVAC advanced light-field technology. View source ↗
- Voxon Photonics. Volumetric display technology. View source ↗
- Sony. Spatial Reality Display. View source ↗
- Leia Inc. Light-field and glasses-free 3D technology. View source ↗
- RealView Imaging. HOLOSCOPE medical holography. View source ↗
- Holoxica. Digital holography and HoloPresence. View source ↗
- Swave Photonics. Holographic semiconductor and spatial-computing technology. View source ↗
- Musion 3D. Large-format holographic projection and telepresence. View source ↗
- HOLOFIL. Compact holographic display systems. View source ↗
- IKIN. Personal holographic display concepts. View source ↗
- Blaise Photonics. Emerging free-space volumetric display technology. View source ↗
Detailed Competitor Comparisons
Explore our deeper head-to-head comparisons. More individual competitor pages will be added here as the comparison library expands.
Miirage vs Proto HologramCompare Miirage Miracle and Proto Luma across hardware, AI, telepresence, software, licensing, retail media and deployment.
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Miirage vs Holoconnects HoloboxCompare Miirage Miracle and the Holoconnects Holobox across hardware, AI, telepresence, weight, software, pricing, retail media and deployment.
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Miirage vs HYPERVSNCompare transparent-display holograms and HYPERVSN rotor technology across digital avatars, advertising, safety, interaction, hologram walls and deployment.
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Miirage vs Looking Glass FactoryCompare Miirage Miracle with Looking Glass HLD and Light Field Displays across hologram technology, touch, AI, weight, pricing, retail and deployment.
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Compare Miirage for your own use case
The best hologram display depends on what you need it to do. Miirage can combine advertising, AI avatars, live communication and interactive customer experiences from the same life-size display platform.
This comparison is published by Miirage Limited and includes companies that may compete with Miirage. It is based on publicly available vendor information and Miirage product materials. Product specifications, pricing, ownership, subscriptions and services can change. Buyers should confirm current technical and commercial terms directly with each vendor before making a procurement decision. The ranking reflects Miirage's stated commercial assessment criteria and is not an independent product certification.