If you are a fan of the Star Wars series you would be familiar with the hologram of Princess Leia that appealed for help. The one which spurned Luke Skywalker into finding person she was looking for to get her help. Guess what? A company called Leia Display is now pioneering the technology which could make it possible for you to use such holograms on your smart phone.

To create the hologram the caller needs to sit before a special camera with two lenses that can create the single blended image that appears to be 3D in nature. The image from the camera is fed into a hologram machine which then beams it on to a , hold your breath, water vapor screen. That’s not all, using a microphone it is possible for the hologram person image to move and speak in real time.

Love the concept and want one for yourself? Its going to be a while before you can lay your hands on this hologram spewing phone. The company hopes to have a working model of the technology by next year and will eventually move into production about five years from now.

Marcin Panek, the chief executive of Leia Display says that the idea is to pioneer the technology that was imagined in the movie 40 years ago. Marcin hopes that once it is perfected it will be as if loved ones, friends and family are standing right in front of you. I know a number of parents and grandparents who would love to use the end product of this science project.