World's First 3D Display Revealed

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited August 2005 in Science & Tech
The world's first interactive 3D display has been developed by IO2 Technology.
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HelioDisplay creates 3D displays in the air using lasers, drawing input from computers, TVs and DVDs. It also allows interactive applications to be controlled by a finger, instead of a mouse.
Source: Macworld

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  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    hmmm... that pic is a little blurry.

    I wanna see some hi res pics of this thing and maybe a video of it running.

    But do we really need a 3d display?
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    airbornflght wrote:
    hmmm... that pic is a little blurry.

    I wanna see some hi res pics of this thing and maybe a video of it running.

    But do we really need a 3d display?


    DAMNIT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! YES WE NEED 3D DISPLAYS I WANT THOSE SCIFI MOVIES TO COME TRUE!

    Including the ones where women are genetically altered to all look drop dead gorgeous and do anything us men tell them too :D
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    awesome ...I thought toshiba had already done this? Must be something different I suppose.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2005
    RWB wrote:
    DAMNIT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! YES WE NEED 3D DISPLAYS I WANT THOSE SCIFI MOVIES TO COME TRUE!
    Right around the corner, my man. :D
    Including the ones where women are genetically altered to all look drop dead gorgeous and do anything us men tell them too :D
    That may take a little more time... :rolleyes:
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    i can handle the women, but i fail to see what advantage a 3d diplay would have except in games and movies.

    as far as a word processor...i dont think i want it in 3d, might mess me up a little.

    I still wanna see better pics of this thing.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    airbornflght wrote:
    i can handle the women, but i fail to see what advantage a 3d diplay would have except in games and movies.

    as far as a word processor...i dont think i want it in 3d, might mess me up a little.

    I still wanna see better pics of this thing.
    I can see it more for kiosks, or advertisements. Remember "Back to the Future"? Those big billboards that were holograms instead of actual billboards? Pretty sweet.

    But I can see a whole new form of entertainment with this, just as checkers similar to "Star Wars: A New Hope" or sitting around the holotable seeing the Ultimate Fighter Championships as if you were there in God mode or something over seeing the whole ordeal take place. Not to mention in the 31st century watching Battlemechs rip eachother apart while your in Valhalla drinking PPC's and meeting actual Mechwarriors from around the Innersphere :D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    I don't ever want to drink a PPC. :(
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    RWB wrote:
    I can see it more for kiosks, or advertisements. Remember "Back to the Future"? Those big billboards that were holograms instead of actual billboards? Pretty sweet.

    Just what I need - advertisements that are harder to ignore.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Gargoyle wrote:
    Just what I need - advertisements that are harder to ignore.

    They'll be there whether you like it or not, they might as well have a cool factor. The first company to start marketing with holographic billboards on a widespread basis could very easily gain lots of market share just becuase of the cool factor.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Unless all their potential buyers veer of the interstate while paying too much attention to the billboard :D
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2005
    Gargoyle wrote:
    Unless all their potential buyers veer of the interstate while paying too much attention to the billboard :D
    They just installed some LCD billboards right off I-90 here in the Cleveland area. The first time I saw one I nearly hit a light pole... :eek:
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