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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small portion of a computer-generated light-field hologram, representing the direction and intensity of light rays from many perspectives.

Etymology

Coined in a 1994 paper by Mark Lucente, from holographic element; compare earlier pixel, voxel, etc.

Related phrases

hogel processing unit

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