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A new kind of 3D display could take the form of an acrylic cube with an image inside, which can be erased and rewritten to easily. The new technique can be used to make 2D, 3D and even animated images.

Scientists at Cambridge and Disney Research may be a step closer to making holograms less disappointing, creating new “holobricks” that can stack and tile together to produce large 3D images that can be viewed from multiple angles.

Princeton and the University of Washington researchers have developed a camera the size of a grain of salt that can snap sharp, full-color images. It’s made with a metasurface that captures light and could be scaled up to turn entire surfaces into sensors.

Following the Kickstarter launch of a personal holographic image display, the Looking Glass Factory has announced a new cloud-based service capable of adding depth to any 2D photo to create a 3D holographic image for viewing in its Portrait device.

French programmer Fabrice Bellard has come up with a graphics format he believes can "replace the JPEG image format." Bellard’s BPG (Better Portable Graphics) format boasts a compelling quality advantage over JPG, particularly when images are heavily compressed.

Australia's CSIRO has developed a prototype tool called HeatWave that is a lightweight, high-resolution 3D scanner that is claimed to be not only easy to carry, but easy to use as well.

On Monday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) released a concept image of the Royal Navy’s next ballistic nuclear missile submarine, currently called the Successor class, as part of an update to Parliament on the progress of the Trident replacement program.

There are a number of companies that offer to print 3D figurines in your likeness, however they require a visit to their location for a scan. Shapify has launched a service that lets users scan themselves at home, using a Kinect.

The first complete microwave image of the Moon taken by Chinese lunar satellite Chang'E-1 has been revealed.

Japan’s national public broadcaster, NHK, has developed a “millimeter-wave TV camera” that operates with the principle as radar, taking images of obscured objects using radio waves instead of visible light.

Panasonic has announced the arrival of its new DMC-ZR3 compact camera

Vuzix has shown the Wrap 920AR glasses prototype at CES that uses cameras mounted on the lenses to blend real-world and computer generated imagery onto LCD's inside the glasses.