Lloyd Cross 4570030 184445473 2008-01-15T07:32:24Z Gene Nygaard 146986 '''Lloyd Cross''' is an [[United States|American]] [[physics|physicist]] and [[holography|holographer]]. As a physicist, Cross' research started in the 1950s, and focused primarily on [[maser]]s and [[laser]]s at Willow Run Laboratories, at the [[University of Michigan]]. In [[1968]], he and [[Canada|Canadian]] sculptor [[Gerry Pethick]], developed a simplistic stabilization system for holographic cameras, that for the first time did not require expensive optics and an isolation table, effectively making the medium accessible to artists. In [[1970]], he organized the first exhibition of holographic art at [[Cranbrook Academy of Art]] in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]. This success, and laser research turning to military applications which he didn't want to be part of, prompted him to leave the laboratory and tour for a short time with a laser and sound show. By [[1971]], he had made his way to [[San Francisco, California]] and founded the [[San Francisco Holography School]], to teach his hologram techniques. In [[1972]] he developed the "integral hologram" by combining holography with conventional [[cinematography]] to produce three-dimensional images that appeared to move. Sequential frames of two-dimensional movie footage of a rotating subject are recorded on holographic film. When viewed, the composite images are interpreted by the human [[eye]] as 3-D image, in the same way that [[stereoscopy]] works. His most famous work in this form was a hologram of a woman that appeared to wink and blow a kiss as the viewer walked by, entitled ''The Kiss''. In the mid 1970s, Cross founded the [[Multiplex Corporation]], to find commercial applications and further develop his holographic techniques. == References == *[http://www.holonet.khm.de/Holographers/Carreton_Vincente/text/LLOYD%20CROSS.html HoloNet: Lloyd Cross] *[http://www.holophile.com/history.htm Holophile, Inc., The History and Development of Holography] {{physicist-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Lloyd}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:American physicists]]