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Maybe in the future, 3D content won't be projected on flat monitor screens, but on sheets that you can hold in your hands or put on your coffee table where books would usually be. Watch this amazing tech demo which converts 3D graphic files onto a holographic sheet:
The stated use for this technology is architecture, but it's easy to imagine it applied in many other applications. Hat tip: Menno Ophelia.
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It is awesome to see this stuff finally getting there. This "holographic" Vocaloid concert is worth admiring as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTXO7KGHtjI&fmt=37
Now imagine a 3D holographic life sized display that ties into virtual worlds in real time with user generated content and things will be great.
Posted by: Ann Otoole InSL | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 03:59 PM
ohhh, i want one like -right now- to play with... lol rounds of multiwinia would -rock- with that!! :0 maybe one combined with a drawing tablet for some ui?? :0
Posted by: Nyoko Salome | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 06:28 PM
The Hatsume Miku Vocaloid hologram concerts selling out to thousands made it onto the Fox News Network Morning Show this morning.
I guess one could call that perhaps the most successful mixed reality events to date.
Clearly people want this type of entertainment.
Posted by: Ann Otoole InSL | Friday, November 12, 2010 at 07:48 AM
Full-color, high-quality, commercial-grade holography is pretty exciting. Making it interactive? That's going to take some ingenuity. This is a static rendering in 3D. Making it move is going to require some serious materials-science mojo.
Posted by: Arcadia Codesmith | Friday, November 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM