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Computer graphics go holographic, thanks to new technology
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on July 23rd, 2010
What you are seeing here is a hologram, but unlike most holograms, it is not based on a real three dimensional object. What you see there was made in a computer.
This is some new technology being developed at Kansai University in Osaka, and it could easily be the next wave for holograms. Granted, the CG images have to have a resolution of up to 128K x 64K. I have been told that that number is extremely high, as it takes a computer with 100GB of memory three days to process all that data.
I have included a video of it after the jump so you can see what it looks like. You will notice that the images are only in red for now, so it resembles a Virtual Boy. They are working on making them with different colors.
You realize what this means. Think of your favorite Pixar, PDI, or other cool CG movie fully rendered in 3D. Granted, it would be in monochromatic red if done now, and it would take years before you would have it, but the idea of the first holographic film excites me. Considering all these 2D films that have been made into 3D, just imagine how cool a CG movie would be in true holographic 3D.
This technology will be on display at the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2010, which is in Los Angeles starting Sunday.
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HoloAD Diamond Series is one nice holographic display
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on June 10th, 2010
The HoloAD Diamond Series hologram is yet another reason that I was sad that I missed out on Computex in Taipei last week.
It probably is the best example of a holographic TV to date, and it uses three displays with precisely placed glass plates for a that most incredible 3-D effect that we’ve been wanting in our homes for a long time. The images themselves are Flash video files or FLV files, fed from simple USB memory devices like thumb drives.
It really is pretty incredible that you can walk around it and see a three-dimensional view of whatever object that is there. You will notice that it looks as if the holograms are coming from an iPhone. Somehow, I can’t help but think that this is what Innovision would want to see in the future. After all, who wouldn’t want some serious holograms on their mobile?
By the way, this isn’t just one of those concept models that you may or not see in the future. No, you can get this now in two models: one has a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, and the other has 1,280 x 1,024 resolution. I don’t have a precise price on it, though. I don’t think I could afford it, though.
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HOLO 2.0 is your futuristic wrist-computer
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on May 13th, 2010
Okay, this device is definitely on my “I have got to get me one of these” list.
According to my source, this is a concept design from India, and their marketing department wants its release in 2015.
I suppose by that time we will all be over the whole touchscreen, and we will want holograms. Hence the HOLO 2.0.
As you can see from the illustration, this is a mobile device that you wear around your writs, and then project holograms of whatever operating system that you are using.
Call me stupid, but I don’t know of any mobile device that can do holography, unless you are going for 2D images projected on a solid wall.
I suppose that would be HOLO 1.0, wouldn’t it? After all, why call this HOLO 2.0?
Okay, I think that we all know that we are headed for a future where everyone has a do-it-all mobile device. Some believe that it is the iPhone, but I think it is more of a convenient device that you wear on your wrist.
I think we also know that holograms are the wave of the future, but we don’t quite have the “Star Wars” feel on them just yet, do we?
In short, the HOLO 2.0 is ahead of its time, and I can’t help but wonder just how far ahead of its time it is.
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Holocube Touch is another step for a holographic world
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on April 20th, 2010
It has been a while since we covered the Holocube, a box that contains at least 40GB worth of holographic video footage.
The Holocube has received an upgrade with the Holocube Touch. All the original designer did was add a touchscreen, which is pretty much on every device these days.
There is a video of it after the jump if you want to see how it works. You will note how the touched icons leap out and spin and interact in 3-D. This video footage is only 22 seconds long, which is a real shame, because I really want to see the limits of holograms being pushed.
Still, it is on more step in the holographic culture that we all saw in Star Wars and is now a convention of many a science-fiction movie. Another step is being taken to get this tech going as the designers are creating a 42-inch version of this guy.
I can’t help but think that this Holocube Touch is going to be the next big thing, as anytime someone puts “Touch” after something usually means it takes the place of the original product. After all, look at the iPod Touch, it is totally making the iPod classic go out of style.
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Sony’s 3D display is visible at all angles
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on October 19th, 2009
Considering the amount of coverage that 3D is getting with most of the big-name companies promising 3D enabled HDTVs, hardly anyone has considered a 3D approach that doesn’t involve silly glasses.
It’s nice to see that Sony is thinking one step ahead of the competition with this new concept 3D display. See that cute little character who appears to be trapped in a lava-less lava lamp? Well, the viewer of this character can walk around this cylinder and see it from every angle, with no funky glasses required.
This 3D prototype is a stereoscopic, 24-bit color image that measures about 96 x 128 pixels. I’m guessing we’ll see this at CES in January of next year, but until then, I am wondering what is the “master plan” behind this.
Is it so that we will have holograms like Princess Leia’s iconic “help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi” message from the original Star Wars? I certainly hope so. I wouldn’t mind talking to someone who was a tiny hologram in front of me, but I think that our current mobile phone culture has eliminated the need for land-line holograms.
Perhaps it is to make some new form of entertainment. Can you imagine watching a movie, and then watching the same movie at a different angle? I suppose if it was a 3D experience, it would make a difference, but we are talking about a whole new form of entertainment that doesn’t exist as yet.
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Touchable Holography? Almost.
Posted by admin in Future Concepts on August 6th, 2009
It’s cool enough to have holograms, but what if you could actually touch them? This was a project that some researchers at the University of Tokyo took on, and have achieved some interesting results.
You can watch a video of what they have done after the jump, but here is a quick summary. First, they used two Wiimotes (yes, Wiimotes) to track a holographic object in realtime and space. So when that hand that you see in the picture tries to dribble that tiny ball, it responds like a real superball would.
Ultrasounds are then given so the hand can actually “feel” the impact. Experiements have shown that the ultrasounds can disrupt things from a distance, and if focused properly, they can create a sense of touch. At the end of the video is that hand underneath some raindrops, and it can apparently “feel” them.
This is definitely one of those “this could change everything” technologies, but it is still in its fetal stage. In other words, don’t be dreaming about having your own holodeck from Star Trek TNG anytime soon. By the way, I believe that technology used energy and matter conversion.
Man, I am such a geek sometimes. I’ll prove it yet again by saying that this technology reminds me of a short-lived show called Automan. It was about a guy who created a holographic man who others could actually feel. He even had an Autocar and Autoplane which were also tangible holograms.
Yeah, we are a long way holograms that we can feel. I suppose if they had this touch holograms in Star Wars, then Luke Skywalker could have felt Princess Leia saying “help me Obi-Wan Kenobi”.
Oh, that is so wrong.
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