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Der parallaktische Blick: Der militarische Ursprung der Holographie

The 'parallax view' evokes three sources: the optical characteristic of the hologram, a shifting visual viewpoint; the eponymous American film of 1974, concerning government and corporations; and the eponymous book (2006) by Slavoj Zizek, an exploration of duality in political views, ontological interpretations and scientific methods. During the first successful decade of holography, conflicting viewpoints developed between distinct communities: the engineers who invented practical holography, and the imaging scientists who stressed three-dimensionality and other attributes instead of the original goal of optical image processing. By investigating these distinct perspectives, the history of the subject and its underlying context are revealed.