storing thousands of megabytes of data three-dimensionally

Besides faster data transfer speed, holographic data storage and processing systems also provide much more storage density than 2D systems. With two-dimensional media, only the top is used to save data. Although blue laser and molecular engineering are making possible enhancements in data density, the requirements of expected uses may surpass the constraints of two- dimensional magnetic and optical information storage compression. Holotech data memory and processing "break the top barrier" because various pages of data are stored in three dimensions in overlapping slices throughout the thickness of the recordable media. Large numbers of hologram data pages can be stored on one holographic disk or holocube. Alternative page are stored and accessed using reference beams with various projection angles or wavelengths. Data storage density for 3D holographic systems is orders of magnitude greater than that of two-dimensional systems. Novel discussion of holotechnology at Holographic Art Editions and Collaborations .

The capacity of holotechnology applied science to conduct associative retrieval opens up not only ground-breaking means of searching for information, but also ground-breaking possibilities for machine learning and computer intelligence. Since holographic applied science allows comparison of high-level data patterns using parallel processing and associative retrieval, it can search massive amounts of data to find high-order relationships that would be clumsy to use, if not impossible, to identify with individual, serially-defined programs. Holographic systems also have significant opportunities with respect to macro data learning and adaptation. With two-dimensional media, data is extracted in a serial manner based on location, not similarity of content. For holotech related material, please also see Virtual Dating .

See also Holographic Cubes for additional information.