The studio guide

A simple start.
A little wonder.

Everything your team needs to get started, prepare an order and help a family open their 3D hologram. You handle the visit and purchase. HoloBaby prepares the keepsake and emails the family their private viewing link.

Get your studio ready

Create your workspace and invite your team

Sign in with an email code, Google or ChatGPT. The owner creates the studio workspace and invites staff. If you received an invitation, use it to join your team.

Already have a workspace? Use your existing sign-in method, then link another method in your studio settings. Families open their private viewing link without an account or app download.

Open your studio workspace
Check a sample from your scanner

During onboarding, tell us your scanner model, software version and available export formats. We’ll check a sample to confirm what your studio can offer.

Use the private studio upload and get the client’s permission first. Keep client names, scans and private viewing links out of inquiry and support forms.

Ask about your scanner
Request your free starter cards

Our first 10 eligible studio partners receive 25 free cards, including US shipping. Register, then add your studio website and shipping details to request a pack. There is no signup fee or payment card required.

We confirm your place after business verification, onboarding and scanner compatibility review. One pack per business; registration alone does not reserve it. Shipment updates appear in your card order.

You set the retail price and keep all revenue when clients buy additional cards for family and friends. Keepsake preparation is a separate service.

Request your starter pack
Review your service terms

Your studio owner can review the service plan, accepted terms, statements and invoices in Billing. Confirm your service price, family price, turnaround and refund terms before offering a paid keepsake.

Your studio collects the family’s payment through its usual checkout. Recording the purchase in HoloBaby does not charge the family. Card stock orders have their own quote and invoice.

Open studio billing

Choose the right file

Supported exports

Upload the original .vol, .4dv, .nrrd or .stl file. We review the actual export before confirming compatibility. A static STL mesh can support a still keepsake.

For DICOM or another format, ask us about conversion before uploading. Keep the original scale, orientation and timing information with the export.

What makes a useful capture?

Choose the clearest view of the baby’s face. A capture can include more of the body, too. We review the visible detail and select the best composition for the keepsake.

If detail is obscured, we may ask for another existing capture or export. Your team decides how captures are made.

A still hologram or captured movement?

The launch experience is a still artistic 3D hologram that families explore from different angles. Captured movement needs a compatible sequence of 3D volumes, which we review separately.

A regular video, screen recording or rotating view of one scan cannot supply that movement.

Export details and file limits

Initial volume support covers certain uncompressed GE Kretz exports and calibrated NRRD files. A familiar file extension alone does not establish compatibility; renaming a file does not convert it.

The portal accepts uploads up to 2 GiB. Processing limits depend on the format and decoded size, so check large or unfamiliar files with us first.

Get help with an export

Your first order

1. Confirm the family and purchase

Have the parent check their name and email. Record their permission for sharing the selected capture and contact details with HoloBaby, including AI-assisted artistic preparation. Permission to prepare a keepsake does not permit public marketing use.

Record the actual number of cards and the HoloBaby subtotal after discounts, before tax. Keep the ultrasound session charge separate. Add your receipt reference if useful; leave an unknown amount blank.

2. Upload and follow preparation

Save the keepsake, then upload the selected source through the studio workspace. Keep the page open until completion is confirmed. HoloBaby checks the capture, prepares the 3D keepsake and performs final visual review before releasing it.

If preparation needs attention, open the existing order for the reason and next step. Avoid creating a duplicate order to retry a file or check progress.

3. Give the family their cards

HoloBaby emails the family their private viewing link when the finished keepsake is ready. They open it on a phone, tap Start camera, allow camera access and point at the illustrated side of a purchased card. They can share the same link with relatives who have cards.

If the email is missing, check its status and the address on the existing order. Use the current family link shown in the ready order, and check any uncertain delivery before resending.

Test a card before your first sale

Use an actual HoloBaby card and an approved demonstration link. Try Safari on an iPhone and Chrome on an Android phone in the lighting your clients will use.

Open, move and find the card again

Open the link and allow camera access. Hold the lower edge of the card without covering the artwork. Move the phone around it, then gently tilt the card. The hologram should stay anchored as your viewpoint changes.

Move the card out of view and back three times. It should be found again without reloading. Try your normal grip and check for glare.

Check the second phone

Repeat the same steps on the other phone. Briefly leave the browser and return. Try a dimmer spot, then ordinary indoor light again, and note any unstable tracking.

Record what worked

Note the phone models, browsers and any issues. Confirm the link opened without a family account. If tracking is unreliable, contact HoloBaby before offering the experience. Include device details and a description, but no private family link or client file.

Report a card or camera issue

Keep things moving

More cards,
ready to share.

Sign in to see card pack pricing and request more stock. Your owner reviews the final quote, including handling, shipping and applicable tax, before payment is arranged by invoice.

Follow the same card order for dispatch updates. A request alone does not confirm a payment or shipment.

View pricing & card orders

A little help

Questions about
an order?

For a missing email, likeness concern or delivery update, check the existing keepsake record first. Your studio owner can correct family and purchase details there, with a history of changes.

A later additional-card purchase should have its own receipt and stock record. The original keepsake uses the same viewing link unless your studio replaces or revokes it. Keep private links out of support messages and public posts.

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