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Popular applications can thus be explored, especially because plasma induced by a femtosecond laser is less harmful than that generated by a nanosecond laser. There are two methods of rendering graphics with a femtosecond laser in air: producing holograms using spatial light modulation technology and scanning of a laser beam by a galvano mirror. The holograms and workspace of the system proposed here occupy a volume of up to 1 cm\n            <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n            ; however, this size is scalable depending on the optical devices and their setup. This article provides details of the principles, system setup, and experimental evaluation, and discusses the scalability, design space, and applications of this system. We tested two laser sources: an adjustable (30--100fs) laser that projects up to 1,000 pulses\/s at an energy of up to 7mJ\/pulse and a 269fs laser that projects up to 200,000 pulses\/s at an energy of up to 50\u03bcJ\/pulse. 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