DIY holographic desk buddy costs ~$70 with an ESP32 AMOLED kit and a beam splitter prism
PurzBeats · x · 2026-11-16
PurzBeats showed off a DIY holographic desk companion built from a Waveshare ESP32-S3 1.8-inch AMOLED touch dev kit plus a 30mm 50:50 beam splitter prism, totaling around $70 — likely cheaper if you source parts carefully. The takeaway: holographic displays are a weekend project you can just make.
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