Playing Doom on a volumetric display is the coolest thing you'll see today

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Key findings

  • Doom has been successfully brought to a volumetric display, allowing for a unique third-person gameplay perspective.
  • The display consists of a rotating 2D panel that creates the illusion of dots floating freely in the air.
  • Although it doesn't show any first-person gameplay, the setup provides an almost magical depiction of Doom Guy's battle against demons.



Here at XDA, we've seen Doom run on a lot of hardware. We've seen Doom run in Stable Diffusion, Doom run on a Raspberry Pi RP2350 from the chip's developer, and even Doom run on a lawnmower. Now it's time to add another device to the list of “things Doom ran on,” except this one goes a little further than most displays.

Someone made Doom run on a volumetric display and it looks extremely cool


Discovered by The edge, This amazing project comes to us via James Brown on Mastodon. James achieved this effect by rotating a 2D panel very, very quickly, creating the illusion of dots “floating” in the air. He has a huge Mastodon thread where he explains and demonstrates his volumetric display, and it's worth your time if you want to learn more about how this technology works.


The display shows the game not in first person, but in third person, with Doom Guy running through hellish corridors shooting demons. The third person perspective really conveys the look and feel of a tiny super soldier running around in a three-dimensional space, fighting the forces of evil. I'd love to see how it would play in first person, although I'm not sure how the volumetric display will handle the perspective. It probably looks terrible, which is why James opted for third person in his demos.

If you want to see even more cool ways to play retro games, how about the handheld console someone built using a car rear camera monitor? Or, if you prefer your displays a little bigger, there's always the 65-inch Magic Mirror, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that brings retro games to the big screen.


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