They’re calling it a 3D laser display, but I see all my holographic dreams being projected without a screen in mid-air. Now if we could only stuff it into an R2 unit.
Up until now when you saw a hologram it was probably projected onto some sort of screen. Researchers at Burton (not the snowboard company) demonstrated their True 3D display technology and the results are outstanding. Instead of using a screen, the lasers produce points of light from the plasma excitation of oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the air or water.
The lasers can create 50,000 dots per second in mid-air at 15fps. They are currently working on bringing that up to 24-30fps. Colours can be created by combining red, green and blue lasers. The additive colour model is how your TV and computer monitor create colours. Hopefully we’ll be able to watch 3D movies in actual 3D, not this fake shove-irritating-glasses-on-your-face 3D. [Diginfo]
Sam D
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 1:01 PMVery cool, but may I call for any demo of this type of technology show Princess Leia saying “help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope”
Martin
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 1:10 PMthat is amazing. it wont be long until we have ourselves a real life holodeck. but where can science fiction go from here now in terms of gadgets?
Just This Guy ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 1:57 PMI find this tech to be .. astonishing.
This is the kind of tech news I love to read about.
Don’t know about holodeck type stuff yet though.
Hard Light is still in the Sci Fi realm at the moment, but then again so was simply projecting 3d images into thin air until now, so who knows!
One day, in the not too distant future, we’ll all be able visit anywhere / anyone in the world without leaving our bio-pods.
Hellmouth
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 3:10 PMThe few seconds of footage of using the more powerful laser to project it in just air was astonishing.
It looks like it has barely any spill on either side of the object being projected….
mmmm, do want!
Michael
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 3:49 PMI was picturing a giant 3D shark jumping out of a movie billboard while I scooted past on my Hoverboard.
Nkwong
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 9:13 PMi give it 5 years before its a commercial thing :)
chris
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 10:20 PMwell weren’t Japan bidding for 2022 world cup or a date really close to that and they said every game was going to be filmed in holographic 3d?
But no.. the fun police clearly got involved so that technology will prob be wont see the light of day until 2030 :(
will
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 10:32 PMjust don’t walk through it though you might end up with some nice burns if it gets focused at the right point.
olearymo
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 9:11 AMI sure hope a huge amount of Bothans died for this. Like, 50 at least.
Ash
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 9:47 AMWhat no mention on the possibilities for 3D porn? Im impressed by the Giznerds on this one.
deadnotsleeping
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 11:10 AMonly problem is we will all burn out retinas out with this