NOVAC
Holographic display
A 40-inch holographic table display specified at 63,888 x 69,696 pixels with 4.5 billion active pixels and a 74 by 74 degree viewing cone, shipped with a GPU server.
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Avalon Holographics
Semiconductors & PhotonicsDefenceSt. John's, NL
St. John's developer of glasses-free light-field holographic displays, building its own OLED microcavity pixel architectures and optical metasurfaces alongside the rendering stack, for defence, simulation and 3D visualization.
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About
Source: avalonholographics.comAvalon Holographics states that it is "building the world's most advanced holographic displays", describing itself as "pioneering a new wave of display technology that will completely change how people produce, view, and understand visual content". It says that "By replicating the experience of looking at real-world objects and environments, our displays offer a realistic, comfortable, and accessory-free experience", and that with NOVAC it "conquered ten years of intense R&D, emerging with the world's first true holographic display table". The company states that its research, development and fabrication lab is located in Edmonton, Alberta, and that it now has over 80 people on staff, including 14 PhDs.
Received $1,023,575 from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop a transportable version of its NOVAC holographic display table, with Avalon investing a further $1,753,065. gov.nl.ca
Received $1 million from the province's Innovation and Business Development Fund to install a next-generation NOVAC at a US Department of Energy facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. gov.nl.ca
The province states Avalon has secured over 50 patents for its technologies and employs a team of engineers and scientists mostly based in Newfoundland and Labrador. gov.nl.ca
States its research, development and fabrication lab is located in Edmonton, Alberta, and that it has over 80 people on staff including 14 PhDs. avalonholographics.com
NOVAC is specified at 63,888 x 69,696 pixels with 4.5 billion active pixels and a 74 by 74 degree viewing cone. avalonholographics.com
Products & Services
Company site: avalonholographics.comProducts Avalon Holographics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
HighGround
Defence visualization
A holographic battlespace viewer developed by Avalon that renders geo-referenced terrain, platforms and sensor data, with integrations for SIMDIS and TAK.
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Medical visualization
Avalon's holographic imaging platform for segmentation, volumetric rendering and immersive visualization of DICOM data.
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Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Industry, Energy and Technology, research and development support for a transportable NOVAC
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Innovation and Business Development Fund, for a next-generation NOVAC installation
Recent News
- Aug 6, 2025Government
Minister Crocker Announces Support for Avalon Holographics
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced $1 million through the Innovation and Business Development Fund for construction and installation of a next-generation NOVAC at a US Department of Energy facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- Oct 8, 2024Government
Provincial Government Supporting Cutting-Edge Imaging Company
The province announced $1,023,575 to Avalon Holographics to develop a transportable version of its 40-inch NOVAC display table, with the company investing a further $1,753,065.
People
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Wally Haas
Founder and President
Technology Focus
Company site: avalonholographics.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Holographic displayLight field displayOLED microcavityOptical metasurfaceSub-hogelDistributed Bragg reflectorMicrocavity pixel array
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