Holographic Phone HoloLens Pocket: Stereoscopic Imagery Without Glasses

HoloLens Pocket, jointly released by Chinese optics giant Sunny Optical and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, is the first smartphone to deliver glasses-free 3D holographic display. Using light field display technology, the device can show stereoscopic images with real depth on its 5.7-inch screen without any glasses or headsets.

The light field display relies on a microlens array. The screen is covered with a layer of hundreds of thousands of tiny lenses, each presenting a different view of the same pixel from a slightly different angle. When the user looks at the screen, the left and right eyes receive different views and the brain combines them into a stereoscopic image.

Professor Sang Xinzhu of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications said the team's original motivation was to lower the barrier to VR and AR content. Traditional headsets are bulky and uncomfortable, limiting potential users. HoloLens Pocket turns stereoscopic imaging into a native capability of the phone, greatly expanding the range of use cases.

The first wave of applications includes 3D video calls, stereoscopic games, and AR shopping. China Mobile's Migu Video has announced that it will provide the initial 3D content library, covering more than 5,000 hours of film, TV, and sports at launch. HoloLens Pocket is priced at 5,999 yuan and began small-volume delivery in June 2026.