Looking Glass has been committed to making holographic displays the next big thing since 2019, and with its new Musubi digital photo frame, it can finally offer its technology at a price that’s hard to refuse. Musubi is scheduled to begin shipping in June, and unlike its previous, more developer-focused kits, the company’s new display costs just $149.
Musubi is a 7-inch frame with a glass border and white matte that serves as the home for any content you convert and upload. Looking Glass says the Musubi can store up to 1,000 images or 30-second video clips, and is capable of displaying your content for up to three hours on a single charge, or indefinitely if you plug it in with the included wall adapter. You’ll have to convert your photos and videos to holographic files using Looking Glass’s free desktop app to display them, but once they’re converted, you simply transfer them over USB-C to start showing them on the Musubi.
Looking Glass has previously introduced several versions of this concept — including the compact, $300 Looking Glass Go from 2023 — but Musubi is considered the best representation of the company’s current display stack. The frame uses looking glasses, a hololuminescent display (HLD) technology announced in 2025 that “combines 2D display layers with a 3D holographic volume” to show holograms that can be viewed by multiple people at the same time, without the need for eye-tracking or glasses. It’s difficult to understand the entire Musubi experience from the company’s YouTube videos alone, but the results feel novel, if a little limited.
You can pre-order Musubi starting today through Looking Glass’s Kickstarter campaign. The frame will be available for $99 for the first 24 hours of the company’s Kickstarter. Later, Musubi will sell for $149. Anything on Kickstarter should be treated with a certain amount of caution, but Looking Glass’s previous campaign and the company’s commitment to start shipping the Musubi in June suggest it’s confident the frame will be released without any issues.
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