Culture
Inside Manhattan's Underground Laser Laboratory
Dr. Laser has been crafting holograms for four decades.
On The Job is a series of conversations with the people who keep neighborhoods running.
In a dark cranny of his narrow basement laboratory, Dr. Laser takes a few long, deep drags from a cigarette. He exhales the smoke and swirls it above his head, then turns on a laser. The strobing electrifies the smoke—it marbles, like a shimmering oil slick.