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Holographic Display Shows 360-Degree Digital Images

August 27th, 2007 by: Technabob


At the recent SIGGRAPH 2007 conference, a team of engineers from USC showed off a display system that’s capable of projecting interactive 360-degree viewable images produced by a computer.

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By using a high-speed video projector, a spinning platform with a holographic diffuser and special decoding hardware, the display can crank out up to 5,000 real-time images per second. Once the display spins up to speed, it creates a fully 3D image that you can walk all the way around.

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While I’m not sure that you’d want to get hit by this thing when it’s zipping around at full speed, the end result is pretty spectacular. As a matter of fact, the technology was the recipient of this SIGGRAPH’s Best Emerging Technology award for 2007.

[CGSociety via Geekologie]


Comments (2):

  1. Please continue working on this project. The Japanese AIST light table laser plasma unit is very similar. I believe this will be the future of display.

    As for the spinning part that may cause injury, what about putting some sort of non-visually interfering barrier around it?

    Also, did you have to use a TIE fighter to make your point?! And will the Emperor appear to us and make us do his bidding? Now I just want one on my desk; name your price!

    Good luck and keep up the good work.

    Sincerely,

    Mike Carrieri
    408 476-3750
    mdcnet1@gmail.com

  2. George says:

    Check this out! Looks alike holography !!!
    http://www.illusionscreen.com

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