RGB is DEAD. Long Live Holograms! - Coolify Holo Fans

RGB Fans are soooo yesterday. Screens on your fans? Psssh. These days, all the kids want HOLOGRAPHS which is why Coolify released their new Holo Fans with holographic POV fans. Alex is here to check them out to see if holograms really are the future, or if these really aren't all they're cracked up to be.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Your fans are out of date
0:30 Unboxing, specs, and how it works
1:31 Plugging it in and playing with the voltage
4:52 Sponsor - Vessi
5:18 Installing the fans
6:36 Software woes
8:16 Pricing and overall thoughts
9:13 Outro

[jajssblue]

0:11 That knife bending was terrifying

[Derpy_MCY]

4:45 that is infact very strange, maybe hes haunting you? 🤔

[Cicutavirosa]

I'll wait for it to come in white and a newer version that resolves the loud fan noise.

[VinLAURiA]

Ah dang, I thought these would have the images directly projected on the fan blades themselves with some rapid-refresh magic to show the patterns, quite like the Wraith Prism's USB mode. But yeah, love the concept. This would be awesome to have dynamic elements on them like RPM gauges or temperature displays. Feels like a straight upgrade over those screen-hub fans if you can pull that off, by having the entire fan area be a functional display surface. Definitely potential here.

[Kini_the_Fox]

I don’t think it’s “mode” based. It works at different voltages because it works at different speeds, it just takes a moment to detect speed changes. The fan knows it’s rotational position based on either a magnetic sensor or an optical sensor inside the fan hub

[statixfear]

A pretty cool concept and arguably cheaper than adding screens to your PC aesthetic. It just needs one of the more reputable brands to adapt it and refine it a bit more before releasing to the market.

[hhidd]

love the idea, as everyone is saying it does need improvement but i'm 1000% getting some of these in the future when they get ironed out some more (whether its from coolify or if a reputable brand uses the idea)

the hologram effect is wonderfully cyberpunk and has so much potential, especially if they can sync up with each other (think like, a dragon or something flying between them)

[RiddleTime]

6:00 why not use a few rubber vibration dampeners or washers instead of ruining a case?

[nextlifeonearth]

I thought they would actually be holograms, like 3d n shit, but it's just a rotating one dimensional array of leds, which doesn't roll off the tongue as well I suppose.

[Krusty]

Now a bit more math added for future versions... Get eg. a goldfish to swim free around from lower fan, to middle fan, and up to the top... Like a holo aquarium 😀

[Swanky]

It's a great idea. Can't wait for a version with a bit more polish.

[TheRealVulle]

Look up the Thermaltake Cyclo LED fan from 2006 or 2007. Same concept. Funny to see those types of fans coming back.

[ninisongz]

4 years ago, i had this idea of making a pc fan with lights on it to make holograms, damn i shouldve followed that dream, nice video tho

[Rudyk]

I think it will be a trend for a year or two and that's it. They are more expensive than regular/better fans and there's no real purpose for it. I think they will start to annoy people after a while.

[robine]

I had a CPU cooler with a holographic display in the 2000s, showing temperature, rpm amd noise and it worked on variing speeds. Wasn't visible when it was spinning very low but otherwise was fine.

[thany]

I wonder if a spinning line of LEDs:
1) Is a hologram
2) Has better resolution than a whole screen
3) Requires more power to get spinning because of increased mass

[fatemehhamounpou]

The formula for decibels is:
dB=10*log(I/Iref), I being the intensity
So 20 dB means I=100Iref
Or Final intensity is hundred times the reference intensity

[pitmaster]

3:21 isn’t 10 db the threshold for “double volume” while 3db is a much more scientific measurement? Feel like whichever number you use you’d have people telling you you’re wrong, but I think 10 is more correct if you’re talking about the perceived volume of a fan

[RGBeanie]

Love the idea, would be neat for a lot of people, creators especially

[davidjensen]

The way Alex opened that box makes me think he's been watching too many AvE videos.