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The concept of hologram/holography originated in Hungary when one of the resident scientists there invented it as a method to improve the resolution of electron microscopes.
        Holography is composed of following main processes:
        1.Calculations for the scattered wavefronts originating from the object.
        2.Encoding the data for display purpose.
        3.Visual reconstruction from the interference pattern onto a coherent beam of light by using some technologies and transport it to the user  who is going to observe the hologram.
        Now that we're done with a brief intro to this topic we shall be looking further deep into what goes inside to develop such fascinating or 'real life-like'  technology. Do visit our next blog for more such information! 

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