The Future of Security Holograms Looks Bright, with Scattered Showers

For a technology that has seen its own fair share of change since its commercial inception in the 1980s, holography has established itself as a vital part of several industry sectors; most prominently in security print, brand protection, testing and monitoring, head-up displays and most recently as an enabler of virtual and augmented realities.

Of these, the largest direct use of holography has for some time been – and stll remains – its deployment as a first level optical, and increasingly digital, document security feature.

But whilst it could be argued that the prospects for holography, as a technology, are brighter now than ever before, there are a few scattered rain clouds on the horizon that should be kept under review. And so it was, that a group of industry experts and commentators were assembled at the recent ODDS Conference™ (Vienna, 11–13 April) in a panel to discuss ‘The Future of Optical and Digital Document Security’.