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Sony Steroescpic 3D Prototype Live in Tokyo – Video: No Glasses Required

by Jay Garrett on October 22, 2009

Sony3DDisplay HeadThe moment made famous by R2D2 slinging out a 3D image of a certain Princess is getting closer to reality.

This Sony prototype is now on show in the flesh in Tokyo.

Check out the vid below and you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised by the 96 by 128 pixel res – apparently when seeing it first-hand the objects appear to have depth, and can be viewed from all angles.

The prototype is about 10.6 inches tall (and 5.1 inches in diameter) but it seems that Sony doesn’t really know what to do with it next.

Obviously this is new tech and is still under development – but the cool thing is that you don’t need special glasses to witness the 3D glory :)

So – Hologram telly must be next yeah?

Sony?

Here’s the vid anyhow:

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iPhone Gets Holographic Display – Pocket Princess Lea

by Jay Garrett on August 28, 2008

Everyone of a certain age that marvelled at the 3D projected scene in the first screened Star Wars film have longed to see a mini Princess utter those immortal words, “Help me Obi-wan Knobe, You’re my only hope” in real life.

Well, if you have an iPhone it’s about to become a reality (well, kinda).

iHologram has been created for the iPod Touch and iPhone by designer David O’Reilly.

The application apparently gives the viewer the idea that the graphic is a 3D hologram jumping off the screen.

“The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene’s perspective is warped using anamorphosis, the same technique used in Hans Holbein’s painting The Ambassadors. This application does the exact same but updates dynamically”, says O’Reilly.

Using the iGadget’s acceleromter, the software calculates rotation on the y-axis, so we can look around the environment around by turning the device, there are also controls for manual rotation with a slider on the left-hand side of the screen.

O’Reilly is currently looking for developers to help him further the project – frankly I NEED THIS APP!!!


Sprint to the link – Davidoreilly.com

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3D Holographic Projection – Best for TIE Fighters

June 30, 2008 Click to read more →

Nope – this is not taken from StarWars but this is from the really real world!
The ICT Graphics Lab at USC has created a low-cost volumetric 3-D display and it looks fantastic.
Apparently (just getting my science-head on) the process utilises spinning mirrors, high-speed DLP Projections, and ridiculously precise calculations that figure out the correct axial perspective needed for [...]

Charles Highgrove Hologram in Abu Dubai

January 22, 2008 Click to read more →

Could this be the future of video-conferencing?
Charlie recently delivered a pre-recorded speech on the environment as a hologram in a Star Wars stylee to an Abu Dubai audience using only a single camera and projector. 
The techs from British firm Musion were able to employ a century-old trick known as “Pepper’s ghost” to record the Prince of [...]