Rabbitholes holograms news and events
January 5th, 2010
 Global leader in 3D projection technology for cinema and home, RealD, commissioned RabbitHoles Media to create a branded promotional display for use during CES 2010. The portable display features a giant replica of their trademark 3D glasses atop a glowing blue & white prism; the lenses of the giant 3D glasses are RabbitHoles 3D animated holograms that reveal an interactive holographic scene from RealD’s branding trailer, complete with 3D robot dog at play with RealD’s animating logo in a serene 3D environment. The display will be revealed at the 3D Film Festival (3DFF) special event at Planet Hollywood opening night of the CES 2010 Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV.
December 11th, 2009
 RabbitHoles Media has created 3-D Digital Holograms of President Barack Obama as a tribute to his ascent to the leadership of the United States of America. The imagery can be purchased with one of three separate backgrounds, i.e. an evening sky, an American flag, or an American flag book-ended by blue sky on each side. Each 3D hologram is beautifully framed and comes in one of two sizes. The smaller prints retail for as little as US $299, including frame and light. Follow this link to order your limited-edition Obama 3d Portrait, read full story and see previews.
June 10th, 2009
 Up-and-coming sci-fi / fantasy artist Dan Luvisi revealed characters from his highly anticipated series L.M.S. [Last.Man.Standing], the latest intellectual property developed by Kevin Eastman and Heavy Metal Publishing.
RabbitHoles Media teamed up with Heavy Metal to unveil limited edition collectibles of Luvisi’s “LUCY” character as RabbitHole® 3D Motion Holograms to promote and merchandise the L.M.S. brand. The full color holograms depict Lucy as a calm & confident heroine, suspended in a rich 3D environment, falling through a shattered window, while blasting her two submachine guns.
The RabbitHole® 3D prints come in two sizes. Limited Edition #1 consists of 50 14” x 20” prints at $950 each. Limited Edition #2 consists of 100 7’ x 10” prints at $550 each. All prints come framed and include a wall mounted lighting unit. Simulations of the LUCY RabbitHole can be seen here and purchased through RabbitHoles Media directly.
June 4th, 2009
 The SIGGRAPH 2009 Planning Committee commissioned a Meats Meier RabbitHole® to be the award for winners of the Computer Animation Festival for the second year in a row. The full color hologram depicts “Animation Mother”, the icon character of the festival, animating in 3D space.
Meats Meier also created a new “Animation Mother” image (left) in honor of the SIGGRAPH 2009 conference taking place in New Orleans, LA. Both images are available as limited editions from Rabbitholes.
May 12th, 2009
 Warner Bros. commissioned the world’s largest 3D movie-poster to promote "Terminator Salvation" as an exclusive full color animated holographic display at the Pacific ArcLight Theater in Hollywood, CA in May 2009.
You can see a 3D preview of the Terminator Salvation Rabbithole® print OR real footage of the Terminator Salvation poster on display in RabbitHoles Media Headquarters’ hologram gallery.
April 5th, 2009
 RealD selected RabbitHoles to design the “Innovation in 3D” awards given to the production and distribution teams at LAIKA and Focus Features, as well as Director Henry Selick, as part of their sponsored luncheon at ShoWest 2009 in Las Vegas, NV.
The RabbitHole 3D Motion Holograms featured a 3D Coraline scene rendered from models of the characters in the acclaimed 3D stop-animation film released in Fall 2008.
See the full 3D of Coraline and The Cat with the Pink Palace in our Entertainment gallery.
November 4th, 2008
Please visit Gnomon Gallery page for full text, video interviews, & 3D previews.
RabbitHoles Media curated twelve limited edition RabbitHole® 3D Motion Holograms by ten renowned entertainment industry artists for the Gnomon Gallery in Hollywood, CA. You can watch a video here that follows the prints on display at the gallery Grand Opening party sponsored by Pixologic and Gnomon Gallery, as well as at SIGGRAPH 2008; it also includes interviews with the people pioneering the use of RabbitHoles® as a new print medium for art.
August 17th, 2008
By popular demand, the RabbitHoles show at Gnomon Gallery has been extended one week, and there will be a closing party open-to-the-public from 7-10pm on Wednesday, September 17th. Gnomon Gallery is located at 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038. For more information visit http://www.gnomongallery.com
For the complete report with 3D Previews of the holograms, real life videos and artists interviews and bios, please visit Gnomon Editions dedicated page.
August 11th, 2008
RabbitHoles prints of Meats Meier’s iconic character “Animation Mother” were commissioned to promote SIGGRAPH and the Computer Animation Festival (hosted by Pixar, Sony Imageworks, and LucasFilm) at the LA Convention Center and Nokia Theater, August 11th through August 15th; they are also serving as awards for the festival winners.
An estimated 30,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents are expected to attend SIGGRAPH 2008, the world’s premiere entertainment technology conference. Like SIGGRAPH, high-profile brand-builders, tastemakers, and image-makers are choosing RabbitHoles because they are exponentially more effective than traditional print at awing and entertaining audiences.
“RabbitHoles defy explanation, demand experience, and are quite simply the coolest way to experience 3D art. It’s as if the artist pulls you into his animated, multi-dimensional universe and lets you see the art just the way he intended, with detail, nuance and animation. Couldn’t be cooler.” — Jill Smolin, Entertainment & Computer Animation Festival Director for SIGGRAPH
Meats Meier’s “Animation Mother” will also be available as a RabbitHoles limited edition through Gnomon Gallery, in Hollywood, and is visible on the gallery website at www.gnomongallery.com. Read more about the “RabbitHoles” Grand Opening show for Gnomon Gallery above.
http://features.cgsociety.org/siggraph2008/index.php#s4583
August 11th, 2008
On August 13th, ten renowned entertainment industry artists will unveil limited edition RabbitHoles at the Grand Opening of Gnomon Gallery in Hollywood. (www.gnomongallery.com) Gnomon Inc. is famous for its school, workshops and DVD series which train esteemed computer-graphics artists for the entertainment industry in particular. The gallery show runs through September 10th. Gallery hours are M-F, 10am-6pm, appointments by request.
Artists Alex Alvarez, Fred Bastide, Pascal Blanche, Kris Costa, Jeremy Engleman, Meats Meier, Laurent Pierlot, Aaron Sims, Scott Spencer, and Taron have work with all major movie studios as well as Pixar, Dreamworks, LucasFilm, Stan Winston Studios, and Gentle Giant, on projects including Avatar, The Incredible Hulk, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Iron Man, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Monster vs. Aliens. They are also linked to videogame and entertainment software companies such as Ubisoft, Blur, Pixologic (Zbrush), Softimage, and Alias/Autodesk (Maya), and have received countless awards and accolades from industry magazines, journals, and web forums.
These behind-the-scenes stars are finally in the spotlight at the Gnomon Gallery, which is dedicated to showcasing the talent of entertainment industry artists. The artists are choosing RabbitHoles because they are pioneers of 3D and they are elated by the idea that they can now print their 3D artwork, in 3D!
Download the full Press Release (PDF) here.
Update: For the complete report with 3D Previews of the holograms, real life videos and artists interviews and bios, please visit Gnomon Editions dedicated page.
August 7th, 2008
Exerpt :: “It’s a glimpse of the future,” says Josh Greer, president and cofounder of RealD, one of the industry’s leading providers of 3-D technology. “Everyone in this town is interested in 3-D and this,” he says, shows “what the next stage will look like.”
Full Article on csmonitor.com
Download the full article (PDF) here.
July 18th, 2008
Bombardier Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, recently chose to display the first-ever image of its highly anticipated new CSeries family of aircraft as a RabbitHole 3D Motion Hologram. Launched at the Farnborough International Airshow on July 13th, 2008, the dynamic image captivated by this new medium generates the perfect awe-inspiring effect sought by a project of this magnitude. Like the aircraft themselves, RabbitHoles incorporate leading-edge technology and are revolutionizing the art and advertising worlds. The content for this project was created in partnership with Mosaic Design of Montreal, Quebec. Check out the Bombardier plane soaring through 3D space in the Advertising Gallery
July 16th, 2008
Home to some of the world’s most advanced architectural techniques, the United Arab Emirates has finally found a medium that can effectively display the intricacies of its urban development projects. Capitala, a strategic real estate master planner and developer created by CapitaLand, the largest real estate company in South East Asia, chose RabbitHoles 3D Motion Holograms to display its flagship project, Arzanah. Located in the heart of Abu Dhabi, Arzanah is a high-profile residential development that blends state-of-the-art suburban and leisure facilities with breathtaking landscapes. Only the RabbitHoles technology matches Arzanah’s sophisticated design, which was created by the world’s finest architects, engineers and designers. This RabbitHoles project yielded the largest holographic panel ever printed at 2m x 3m, a totally immersive architectural rendering that makes you feel like you live in Arzanah already! Check out the Arzanah architectural rendering RabbitHole in the Advertising Gallery.
June 17th, 2008
Six Flags Theme Parks commissioned six 5ft x 10ft “billboards” to be part of the new “Batman: The Dark Knight Coaster” at three different park locations. The billboards depict the infamous “Joker’s Henchmen” wreaking havoc in Gotham, desecrating billboards, and brandishing various weapons at the passengers screaming by; the roller coaster motion triggers the animated content within the RabbitHoles. These RabbitHoles prints are among the largest digital motion holograms ever produced; the The rabbitholes for these rides are among the largest yet produced! Check out the images of the content, created by Reality Check Studios, LA, in the Entertainment gallery.
March 15th, 2008
Exerpt :: RMI is now working on its largest project to date- six 5′ x 10′ holograms for the Batman Rides at three different Six Flags Amusement Parks. To achieve this scale, two 10′ Rabbitholes is triggered by the viewers on the rollercoaster points of view changing as they fly by.
Download the full article (PDF) here.
February 15th, 2008
Exerpt :: “A good print advertisement catches a viewer, and makes him or her stop to look. A good RabbitHole not only stops the viewer, but also makes him or her walk back and forth.”
Download the full article (PDF) here.
January 30th, 2008
Exerpt :: RabbitHoles is currently focusing heavily on research and development (R&D) to improve its products, and develop new content-capture techniques…[and is also] developing a copying system that should be able to recreate posters 10 times faster.
Original Article from Sign Media
Download the full article (PDF) here.
January 25th, 2008
Now you can see the first-ever RabbitHole Live-3D Video Movie Posters in major US movie theaters near you! The RabbitHole movie posters and display Portals were created in partnership with Paramount Studios and Drissi Advertising — premier in-theater display designers in Los Angeles — to promote the upcoming film “How She Move”, which releases nation-wide on January 25th. The Portals contain and conceal the necessary light and mirror for illuminating the RabbitHoles and mount the prints in a suspended frame to highlight the ultra-thin nature of the technology and enhance viewers’ sense of wonder about the technology. Dive in!
January 3rd, 2008
Excerpt :: In the movie Back to the Future II, a gigantic shark from a mock Jaws sequel springs out of a theater marquee and engulfs Michael J. Fox. Now, a Canadian company has developed a way to print lifelike holographic posters that could make that kind of eye-catching advertising possible.
Read the article at Wired.com
December 13th, 2007
Ron English’s unforgettable icon, Cathy Cowgirl, makes her RabbitHole 3D Motion Art New York debut at the Ad Hoc Art “Behind the Seen” show in Brooklyn. Curated by acclaimed artist Michael De Feo, the group show features artwork outside each artist’s traditional style or media. VIP preview night is Wednesday, December 12th at 6pm, followed by the public opening reception Thursday, December 13th from 7-9pm. The show runs through January 20th, 2008. For more details, including location and admission information please visit the gallery website at: http://www.adhocart.org/
December 12th, 2007
The versatility of RabbitHoles 3D Motion Holograms was recently showcased when digital holographic representations of famous pieces by Canadian artist Bill Reid, the iconic Master of Haida Art, were featured in the opening exhibition of the new Bill Reid Museum of Northwest Coast Art in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The RabbitHoles 3D Motion Hologram is an invaluable tool that enables museums to reach a broader audience through a new medium of expression for their artifacts. The Bill Reid Foundation chose to display The Spirit of Haida Gwaii – arguably Reid’s most famous piece, grazing the back of the Canadian $20 bill – The Raven and the First Men and The Farewell Screen in the RabbitHoles medium since it is considered to be the next best thing to seeing the pieces in the flesh. The RabbitHoles technology is so dazzling that some contemporary art collectors believe it to be even more exciting than the real thing! Check out the Bill Reid images, including The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, Raven and the First Men, and The Farewell Screen, in the Art Gallery.
December 3rd, 2007
After less than a year breaking into the art world, this whole new medium, RabbitHole 3D Motion Art, makes appearances at Art Basel in Miami with two exciting artists, Ron English and Meats Meier.
Meats Meier has raised the bar again on what it means to be a 3D artist with his newest and largest RabbitHole, “Loose Cannons” (limited edition of 3), which will be unveiled at the Harold Golen Gallery as part of the Subjective Reality show opening Thursday, December 7th. Visit http://haroldgolengallery.com for details about the gallery location and hours, or call 305.576.1880. Other RabbitHoles represented by Harold Golen Gallery include Ron English’s “Cathy Cowgirl in 3D” and Meats Meier’s “The All-Knowing” and “3Dija.” Look for more Harold Golen & RabbitHoles collaborations in 2008 and years to come!
Ron English dove into a SCION Art Car project this year and took everyone down the RabbitHole with him by replacing his full-size tC coupe driver and passenger windows with custom RabbitHole 3D Motion Art prints featuring his iconic “Rabbbit” character in two different underground environments. The SCION Art Car tour made a pit-stop at the SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas already where the car was selected as a “Top Extreme Car,” and will be on display in front of the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach on Thursday, December 7th from 7am-3am. The SCION Art Car project also yielded new limited edition RabbitHoles “SCION Underground #1″ and “SCION Underground #2″ (20 of each), smaller scale recreations of the window art.
September 3rd, 2007
RabbitHoles Media and Acumen Entertainment Group partnered in the unveiling of the first ever RabbitHole 3D Motion Art print created by a fine artist in San Diego, CA. Ron English pushed the boundaries of this new medium both technically and politically by portraying his iconic and somewhat suggestive Cathy Cowgirl in full animated 3D, four-nippled udders and all, provoking the throngs of people by coyly drawing her pistol and giving them a blast! “Cathy Cowgirl in 3D” is available as a limited edition of five 28″ x 39″ prints and ten 14″ x 20″ prints through RabbitHoles Media and our partner galleries in LA (Robert Berman Gallery) and Miami (Harold Golen Gallery).
July 8th, 2007
Acclaimed 3D artist Meats Meier’s first RabbitHole 3D Motion Art limited edition, “The All-Knowing” (limited edition of 5), premiered at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects booth. The piece takes a whole new 3D look at his looming, wise figurehead, well-known for the presence of its optical profile on the cover of the Maya 3D Software packaging. RabbitHoles Media is excited about entering this artist partnership and representing Meats as he forges into the fine art world with this new medium…delivering all new dimensions.
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Hollywood Post-Alliance Invites RabbitHoles’ VP, Creative Affairs, Veta Bates to speak on Young Entrepreneurs Panel at annual HPA Technology Retreat
Linda Law interviews Meats Meier about exploring holography and Rabbitholes, process of creation of Animation Mother and more in the article in Computer Graphic World.
RabbitHole 3D Motion Hologram “Animation Mother” by Meats Meier commissioned again for the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Awards
RabbitHoles were a hit at the HPA Tech. Retreat, and a hot story on local Palm Desert news
Sign Media feature article on Warner Brothers Exclusive “Terminator Salvation” RabbitHole Hologram at ArcLight in Hollywood, CA
The New Book of Knowledge puts RabbitHoles down in history as a revolutionary holographic print medium
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