Starwars-type holograms are REAL!

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 01:35pm

...Just became a little bit more real.

IO2Technology has developed a display that projects a two dimensional image into mid air using a modified projector. Check out the pics:

more: http://www.io2technology.com/video-images.htm

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-09-15 01:44pm

Wow. A holoslide.

About time.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-15 01:45pm

Nitpick: IIRC, images like those are technically called holographs, not holograms...

Wow. Those are damn cool.

Kinda wish they'd stop touching them so you can get a good look at them, though.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-09-15 01:56pm

Now all they need to do is combine it with Mad Haptic Technology.

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2003-09-15 02:27pm

Haptic and holograph tech? Are the Fivers around here thinking what I'm thinking?

Icehawk · Post by **Icehawk** » 2003-09-15 02:40pm

Holy Hell thats incredible!

I had always thought this technology was still just a pipe dream that may never even be possible. This is a phenomenal breakthrough IMO.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2003-09-15 02:55pm

My professor Dr Bob Summers told me about something he worked on that did that but required a screen to make it work but with 3 lasers they hadd made a true 3D multicolor display. It greived him the company never did anything with it. That is real neat a 2D holo display, makes my technology in my story Spacewolf even more plausible!

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 03:43pm

the technology supposedly could produce unidirectional displays. if thats so, you can have a 3D object that emits light away from its surface and not towards the inside like you'd get with an omnidirectional display. That would mean that you wouldn't have the problem of seeing the other side of the 3D object.

::crosses fingers::

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-09-15 07:55pm

Actually, technology of this sort has existed for some time, but the advantage of this setup is that it is far cheaper than other solutions. I saw it on slashdot awhile back.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-09-15 07:57pm

I would've said....IT'S DAMN COOL...but that would be a me too post heh.
I can imagine it now.... a year or so later a replica of the holoprojector on O-1 will be made featuring Endor and the Death Star....~Jason

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-15 07:58pm

kojikun wrote:::bump::

How can you people this disinterested?! THIS IS REAL HOLOGRAPHY! CMON!!

Jesus, Koji, you only waited four hours to flip out...

Maybe it would help if you had a better and more descriptive title.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 08:58pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Jesus, Koji, you only waited four hours to flip out...

Maybe it would help if you had a better and more descriptive title.

You mean announcing that something thats been entirely scifi for all of known history has just become real? I think the title is quite descriptive.

And in the 4 hours since I posted, the website has been flooded by so many visits that they had to take the videos offline to conserve bandwidth.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-15 09:01pm

Well, considering that the title is currently a broken sentence that forces members to open the thread just to finish reading it, I'd say it's pretty bad.

Better would be "Free Floating Holograms in Development" or something like that...

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2003-09-15 09:27pm

Now, if only they can produce ST quality holograms.

Holodeck here I come!

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 09:27pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Well, considering that the title is currently a broken sentence that forces members to open the thread just to finish reading it, I'd say it's pretty bad.

Better would be "Free Floating Holograms in Development" or something like that...

Better?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 09:28pm

Enigma wrote:Now, if only they can produce ST quality holograms.
Holodeck here I come!

Wait a few years until we have full resolution implantable eye-chips, you wont need real projections of anything. :p

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-09-15 09:31pm

kojikun wrote:
Enigma wrote:Now, if only they can produce ST quality holograms.
Holodeck here I come!
Wait a few years until we have full resolution implantable eye-chips, you wont need real projections of anything. :p

Nope, just a good surgeon to keep them working.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-15 09:48pm

Something like total immersion video games in Red Dwarf would be a better idea. I'd rather have information fed directly into my brain through a headset than have to go through surgery to get something put into my eyes so I can see stuff I can't even touch...

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 10:03pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Something like total immersion video games in Red Dwarf would be a better idea. I'd rather have information fed directly into my brain through a headset than have to go through surgery to get something put into my eyes so I can see stuff I can't even touch...

That would be nice, but the technology for direct connections like that is just way too far off. Right now, atleast we have rudimentary optical implants. We have no rudimentary neural interfaces.

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2003-09-15 10:10pm

There is only one question:

HOW DOES IT WORK???????

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-15 10:44pm

SWPIGWANG wrote:There is only one question:

HOW DOES IT WORK???????

who cares, i just want one!

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-16 01:52pm

^^bump

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-09-16 02:10pm

SWPIGWANG wrote:There is only one question:

HOW DOES IT WORK???????

From the website

What we can disclose is that the device modifies the properties of air within a localized environment. Air comes into the device, is ejected and illuminated using a proprietary technique in which the photons and air produce the visible image. There is no harmful gas or liquid. Nothing needs to be refilled. It is just ambient air. The image, furthermore, is interactive as a virtual touchscreen allowing a hand or finger to be used as a mouse.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2003-09-16 05:22pm

Ho-ly shit.

I do hope they do... well... something with it.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-17 01:00am

Oooh, shiny. If you could manufacture small portable emitters, maybe they could be a substitute for books (displaying text) or TVs (displaying images)