Holografika Ltd. is a private company (SME), founded in 1989 by Tibor Balogh. The company is owned by Tibor Balogh (95%) and by Videoton Holding Co. 5% (Videoton Holding Co. is the largest Hungarian electronics manufacturer). As an R&D company, Holografika has been focusing on real- time holography and other photonic technologies from the early 90s. Holografika, empowered by its strong connection to university research groups, follows a unique research path in 3D display technology, and was the first in realising a “real 3D” Light-field display system. Holografika research team has been actively involved in the continuous development of the theory and practice of 3D displays. Along with the technologies used in the successive 3D display generations the company has started to develop related 3D technologies, like 3D acquisition, 3D compression and possible 3D formats. In 1996, Holografika and Sony Corporation signed an agreement for an R&D development of laser based display technologies. As a result of the development a laser based monitor prototype and a patent describing this technology, jointly owned by Holografika and Sony was created. Holografika also had technological cooperation with other companies, including large multinationals e.g. GE Medical Systems In 2005 Holografika Ltd. was a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe award, a selection of the 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that play a leading role in innovation and technology. In 2006 The World Economic Forum has announced Holografika as a Technology Pioneer. The company has also been nominated to the World Technology Award 2006 and The European 2007 ICT Prize. In 2008, Holografika won the „Best Exhibit” Silver Prize at ICT Lyon Exhibition.

role in the project: HOL will actively take part in the project by firstly researching on 3D display requirements for robotic surgery purposes (HOL will present detailed analysis of human 3D perception in relation to safety in robotic surgery). Secondly, HOL will be providing 3D display hardware to make previously set goals of safety assessment possible and presentable with a 3D display which will be interfaced to surgical planning and robotic simulator training environment.