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2004 Hitachi Demo Photos of Holographic display  (Source: Via Hitachi)
Hitachi refines the 3D holographic display technology announced in 2004

Many think the next big step forward in PC displays for gaming and design will be 3D holographic displays.  Currently there are some 3D displays on the market, but they aren’t holographic.

Back in 2004 Hitachi announced it had devised a way to make a 3D display that operated by capturing 24 angles of an object and transmitting the images to the 3D display with the caveat that objects of 10cm or less could be imaged. Hitachi announced it had taken the technology to the point where a human could be imaged.

Now Hitachi is announcing a new version of the technology that uses mirrors to get the feel of a hologram as the image produces from a rapid spinning action of the mirrors around the object displayed. Hitachi claims the technology caters towards schools and museums, so we shouldn’t get our hopes up wishing for some holographic Halo 3, though the technology can output the image to a LCD screen. This technology could be huge in the engineering and manufacturing realm though where being able to see holographic designs could greatly help the design process.

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Forsee this:
By GhandiInstinct on 8/13/2007 4:15:52 PM , Rating: 3
Video games using this technology, you wouldnt need virtual reality gloves or anything, you could manipulate the game by using your hands in the hologram.

w00t for technology.




RE: Forsee this:
By nosfe on 8/13/2007 4:22:23 PM , Rating: 5
quote:
...the image produces from a rapid spinning action of the mirrors around the object displayed


using your hands to manipulate some rapidly spinning mirrors? are you mad?:P


RE: Forsee this:
By FITCamaro on 8/13/2007 4:43:31 PM , Rating: 5
But....but.....you won't need hands anymore since its holographic! Just manipulate it with your stumps.

You could stand inside the mirrors though. ;) Early gen holodeck.

Once they invent a real holodeck with perfect visuals, objects you can actually touch and feel, and human-like interactive characters, mankind will end due a lack of breeding.


RE: Forsee this:
By NEOCortex on 8/13/2007 5:38:39 PM , Rating: 4
Holodecks will be very very dirty places......

Horray for Star Trek!


RE: Forsee this:
By Gul Westfale on 8/13/2007 6:45:57 PM , Rating: 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Pursuits_%28TN...

my version of that would just have troi and a bathtub in it:)


RE: Forsee this:
By SiliconAddict on 8/13/2007 9:55:19 PM , Rating: 2
Troy....Bah. She don't hold a candle to Claudia Black.


RE: Forsee this:
By lumbergeek on 8/14/2007 11:56:49 AM , Rating: 2
Jessica Alba for me......


RE: Forsee this:
By zsouthboy on 8/13/2007 4:27:51 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah. Video games. Sure.

How about the people who CREATE those video games? :)

(A natural way of interacting with 3D models would be quite useful to artists, scientists, etc.)


RE: Forsee this:
By 3kliksphilip on 8/13/2007 4:55:14 PM , Rating: 2
Why don't they just invent decent 3D glasses? They have everything; 3Dness, simplistic design (2 screens, one about 9 cm away from the other in terms of view), very little power drain (compared to spinning mirrors) and last off, they look utterly ridiculous! I can't wait to combine them with my headset.


RE: Forsee this:
By sirius4k on 8/14/2007 1:18:32 AM , Rating: 2
This is great and all, but nothing beats a decent mouse and a keyboard when it comes to gaming!


RE: Forsee this:
By PaxtonFettel on 8/14/2007 5:21:02 AM , Rating: 2
I'm pretty sure that actually holding a representation of the gun or lightsabre or whatever will be the thing to finally beat out the good ol' m+k as a control method (and I'm somewhat of an m+k purist). I mean, the wii is half way there and look how popular that is already.


wow
By Treckin on 8/13/2007 4:45:20 PM , Rating: 2
perhaps they didnt release much information, but honestly that was the most uninformative article ever... I should hope that the future sees more concise and comprehensive material on DT. I would also hope the descriptive writing improves - that article was so poorly written I could not even compose a mental image of the object referenced. I expected more




RE: wow
By Etsp on 8/13/2007 5:31:40 PM , Rating: 2
It's not a news article..it's a blog post. An indivdual's blog shouldn't have to be scrutinized at the same level as a news story...It's about freely expressing oneself.

Ironically, I have not and,(as far as I know) will never, blog. Just not my thing =/.


RE: wow
By Cybercat on 8/13/2007 7:43:00 PM , Rating: 2
This isn't a blog.


RE: wow
By Etsp on 8/14/2007 8:42:23 AM , Rating: 2
Read the top of the page:
quote:
Auto Hitachi Refines 3D Holographic Display Technology Wolfgang Hansson (Blog) - August 13, 2007 3:46 PM


DT is split into news articles, and the author's blogs which are often more opinionated than the articles.


Star Wars
By ajfink on 8/13/2007 6:47:26 PM , Rating: 2
I'm going to play Darth Sidious as soon as I can with this stuff. My friends will just get 3D messages from a creepy hooded figure telling them to eliminate the queen and think, "What the...?"




RE: Star Wars
By Visual on 8/14/2007 6:14:15 AM , Rating: 2
i thought "help me obi one" was the only canon opening line for any self-respecting holographic creepy hooded figure.


RE: Star Wars
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 8/14/2007 12:35:46 PM , Rating: 2
Yes. Help me Obi-Wan is the only opening line. All others are copycats.


360 Fov
By Yongsta on 8/13/2007 4:38:03 PM , Rating: 2
If they could get cameras from multiple angles for a 360 degree field of view, it would be a cool way to watch tv / sports.




RE: 360 Fov
By Oregonian2 on 8/13/2007 4:46:38 PM , Rating: 3
I'd be delighted with just stereographic 3D. May not put the stadium in one's living room, but does give the viewer a seat in the stadium (and on the field, etc. depending upon camera location). Particularly because I know that is doable.


Seems a long way to go
By geddarkstorm on 8/13/2007 4:46:28 PM , Rating: 2
But, technology like this would be so useful in the protein/molecular structure world. A crystallographer's dream!




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