History Main / Hologram

* Used very often in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy''. Planets are commonly projected for navigation purposes and the Aurora Units in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' frequently relay messages in this form.
* ''VideoGame/RexRocket'': Lauren, the ship's A.I., projects an image of a woman to communicate with others.
* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', both the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower UNSC]] and the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Covenant]] have holographic display technology (the latter having reverse-engineered them from the [[{{Precursors}} Forerunners]]), with human [=AIs=] in particular able to project visual avatars of themselves ranging from a female nude to a literal black box. ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' also feature holograms that can be deployed to distract enemies, a Covenant technology that was later reverse-engineered by the UNSC.
* In ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'', Crypto's commander, Orthopox, uses a holographic projector called a Holo Pox Unit to communicate with Crypto from the mothership.
* Crosses with RealLife: Sega's ''VideoGame/TimeTraveller'' and ''Holloseum'' notoriously claimed to be hologram games when it wasn't--it was basically a flat image suspended in midair using mirrors (ie relatively crude [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost Pepper's Ghost]] technology).

* Holography is a staple technology for the D'ni in the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' games, ranging from two-dimensional images to [[HugeHolographicHead 3D projections of people's heads]]. Yeesha's projector in [[VideoGame/UruAgesBeyondMyst Uru]] shows her as a full ProjectedMan.

* Ridiculously common in ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', your characters inventory, access panels, even ''lift buttons'' are holograms projected on to thin air. Curiously all videos are 2D and limited to the colour blue.

* Franchise/AssassinsCreed:
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' features one [[spoiler:in 1499 under the Vatican, manned by [[VideoWill Minerva]]]].
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' has several [[spoiler:under the Colosseum in Rome, manned by Juno, though only Desmond can see and hear them. [[PeoplePuppets she's more direct in how she operates]]]].
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has [[spoiler:several within the Grand Temple, all showing different ways to try to avert the First Disaster, and another interface in the center of said Temple... [[NotQuiteDead though it turns out the holograms aren't just holograms]] after all, including both [[ShootTheDog Minerva]] and Juno this time]].
* During the Space phase of ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', players can buy a hologram emitter that will project a representation of the ship's Captain onto a planet's surface. Anything the hologram "grabs" is transported into the ship's hold.

* The ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' series has holograms for communication purposes, oddly the holograms look the best in the Prequel (''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'') even being mistaken for real people on occasions but the worst in the last (canonical) game (''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'') where they are tinged blue and strobe slightly.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': Two holograms appear in Palace of Twilight as minibosses. [[spoiler: Both of the holograms are of Zant, a major villain in the game; the holograms act as keepers of the Sols, alongside the hands that begin chasing Link as soon as he grabs them]].

* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'':
** Throughout the entire series, there are information storage devices known as "Holodisks"... and there are "Holotapes".
** ''Videogame/Fallout3'' and ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas''; both games have "Brotherhood holotags" which are dog tags that are holographic.
** ''Fallout 3'' add-on ''Point Lookout''; Professor Calvert or at least his brain. It's pretty much the only way he can communicate to people.
** ''Fallout 3'' add-on ''Mothership Zeta''; The Alien Captain's message at the end.
** ''Fallout: New Vegas'' [[{{Downloadable Content}} add-on]] ''Dead Money''; features multiple Holograms as walking cameras, security, vendors, and even living people like Dean Domino or Vera Keys, with the later recording [[spoiler:her last moments]]. It also includes the "Sierra Madre vending machine" a self-contained matter transformation device that has a holographic interface that displays the item being purchased.
** ''Dead Money'' also features the Holorifle, a weapon devised by Father Elijah as so he and the people he strong-armed into helping him could have a way to defend themselves in the dangerous casino. The holorifle fires a cluster of four hologram cubes that cause damage when they hit and extra damage for 15 damage for 3 seconds afterwards (this is referred to "holorifle damage").
** ''Fallout: New Vegas'' [[{{Downloadable Content}} add-on]] ''Old World Blues''; features where the Holograms, and vending machines, of ''Dead Money'' were developed. Including a hologram of the K9000 cyberdog gun.
* Rogue-archtype ships in ''VideoGame/RingRunnerFlightOfTheSages'' come equipped with hologram generators, which can be used to create decoys to confuse opponents.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has the Holo Defense API, which sends out holograms of [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand Kracko]], [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand 2 Doomers]], [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 a Ice Dragon]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe the Coily Rattler]] to attack you.
* Snake Broskin of ''VideoGame/BroForce'' has the hologram makers from ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' as his special move. The holograms are real enough to fool the (admittedly very stupid) {{Mooks}} and can act as a [[Main/{{Teleportation}} teleporter]] but at the cost of having the same range as a thrown grenade.
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': Most of the "holograms" are actually AugmentedReality projected through a Focus device. Since Aloy is one of the only people with a Focus, companions will often ask why she appears to be listening to nothing or manipulating the empty air with her hands. However, holograms did exist, they were just rare. In the "Frozen Wilds" DLC, Ourea's Spirit and the facility she controls makes use of holograms.
-->'''Aloy:''' You might... see things. Images, drawn from light. Don't be alarmed.
* ''VideoGame/PortalReloaded'': Used to show the location of portals and cubes in the future or past, when in the other.

* When ComicBook/TomStrong travels to Terra Obscura, he encounters [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age]] VirtualGhost the Terror.

-->--'''Cranky Kong''' (The Hologram Song), ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry''

* The central atrium of the Prometheus Corporation’s HQ in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfProfessorJackBaling'' has an enormous hologram of Prometheus as its centerpiece.

* ''Literature/TheFurtherAdventuresOfBatman'': In "Literature/DeathOfTheDreammaster", while the Joint Chiefs are meeting with the President about a possible weapons contract, Batman demonstrates that it isn’t really him by walking through the hologram. Between Batman and Nelson, it’s clear that the hallucinations Bruce had been seeing were actually more holograms.

* ''Escape From Literature/MrLemoncello's Library'': These are everywhere in the library. The front desk is manned by a recreation of Lemoncello’s childhood librarian, the atrium is ringed by holographic busts of famous authors, and the rest of the library contains projectors that show anything from a white tiger to Johannes Gutenberg.

** Station, the avatar of the Space Station AI, appears to be a soft-light projection manifested from the Station systems and visible to anyone present, and interacts with them. Marigold also sees a “holopony” at one point, which appears to be a projection managed by Station.
** May first appears to Dale as a projection within his augmented-reality glasses, and ISN’T visible to others - although Momo is aware of her, in some unexplained way. It also seems that May can see and hear her immediate environment.

* Holograms are reasonably common in the future world of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', but an important distinction is that most of them are ''flat'' -- i.e., simply projections of "classic", 2-D camera feeds into empty space. Practically every home in the Districts has a "holographic television" for mandatory viewing of Games and other Capitol news, and even President Snow has a projector on his desk to view Games footage ([[spoiler:and, later, CCTV footage of the District 13 rebels]]), somewhat evoking Saruman's Palantír in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. (The projectors also all appear to be the exact same make or model, so it's not like there are different electronics firms making competing versions.)