Displaying holograms

Now that we are a bit more familiar with translucent materials, why don’t we spice things up a little and see what other cool effects we can create with them? One that comes to mind is holograms – the ever-so-sci-fi, cool-looking effect that we can see in futuristic movies. This can be quite an interesting technique to implement, as not only are we going to have to deal with transparent surfaces, but also with animated textures and light-emitting properties.

All in all, we’ll also use this opportunity to introduce a few new features within the Material Editor, which will come in handy not just in this recipe, but in any animated material we want to create in the future. Let’s see what they are all about!

Getting ready

You’ll probably remember from previous recipes that we always provide you with the same assets you see on the pages of this book. This is, of course, so you can easily follow along. This time won’...