PORTL Rebrands As Proto; Adds Mini Version Of Hologram-ish Transparent LCD Display

March 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes

The LA start-up that made a name for itself for using big transparent LCDs and clever lighting to create hologram-ish virtual presence experiences has …

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Toronto Mega-Mall Uses PORTL’s Hologram-ish Displays To Run Virtual Fashion Shows Through Holiday Season

December 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes

(Image: Dustin Fuhs) An “activation” that’s somewhere between interesting and gimmick-y used one of PORTL’s transparent LCD set-ups to do a virtualized fashion show …

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PORTL Closes $12M Fundraising Round To Grow Demand For Its Virtual Presence Products

November 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes

The company that has really pushed the possibilities for transparent LCD and marketed a quasi-hologram-ish virtual presence product called PORTL has just announced a …

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PORTL’s Transparent Displays Being Used By University’s Health Educators To Demonstrate Disorders

August 3, 2021 by Dave Haynes

Much of the attention around the use of transparent displays to show people at life-size dimension, in remote locations, has been focused on sectors …

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2020 NBA Title Ring Virtualized And Sold As Crypto Token, Based On PORTL’s Transparent LCD

May 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes

I’m putting out there, immediately, that I understand maybe half of the following, as it has something or other to do with crypto-currencies and …

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PORTL Puts Swiss Timepiece Execs At Shanghai Trade Show, Without Leaving Alps

April 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes

I’m a big fan of what PORTL is doing with its remote display system, for use-cases like new luxury watch launches and demos done …

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PORTL Closes $3M Raise, First COO; Reports 100 Hologram-ish Units Sold

November 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes

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PORTL Founder David Nussbaum Explains Tech Behind His Hologram-Ish Displays

January 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes

David Nussbaum has years invested in the whole idea of creating what are called holograms – but aren’t – for high profile concerts and …

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LA’s PORTL Marketing Real-Time Kinda-Sorta Hologram Projection Screen Tech

January 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes

An LA start-up called PORTL is marketing what it calls the world’s only completely self-contained life-sized, single-passenger, 4K resolution hologram projection machine. The marketing …

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