TWISTER: goggle-free 3D rotating panoramic display

In a device eerily akin to teleportation machines seen in major motion pictures (seriously, check it after the break), the Telexistence Wide-angle Immersive STEReoscope aims to "immerse viewers in a 3D video environment" sans those pesky goggles. Developed by a team at the University of Toyko, TWISTER is being hailed as the "world's first full-color 360-degree 3D display that does not require viewers to wear special glasses," and it's finally coming together after a decade of work. Within the cylindrical, rotating device, you'll find some 50,000 LEDs that give off the illusion of a three-dimensional object without any ocular aids. Moreover, the team is already looking into the possibility of adding 3D videophone technology to spruce up video telephony, but we'd be totally content with a couple rounds of Halo in this thing.

[Via PinkTentacle]

[fischju @ Jun 28th 2007 1:59AM]

I want one

[trancer @ Jun 30th 2007 3:10PM]

me too!

[jbulava @ Jun 28th 2007 2:10AM]

I read the title as 'Google: Free 3D Rotating Panoramic Display.' I was wondering how they could pull that off as a web service! ...Unless they're already working on it.

[nebulus @ Jun 28th 2007 4:38AM]

@jbulava Funny I did the same thing, why is it people like Mavikio feel the need to jump in so quickly with rude comments I have no idea.

Its a fact that in normal reading we don't look at individual letters when we think recognise the word, hence seeing google instead of goggle, due the the prevalence of google in everyday language, its overtaken goggle in the likelihood of being read. Especially in the context of engadget.
Its only once we construct the whole sentence and something doesn't make sense (or a word isn't recognised quickly) that we fall back to checking the individual letters of the word to resolve the query.

[dan @ Jun 28th 2007 8:05AM]

lol.
i did the exact same thing.

mavi - fuck off.

[Jason @ Jun 28th 2007 9:35AM]

Actually, he said Google: Free, not Google-Free, there is a huge difference. If your going to correct someone and in general be a total asstard, atleast get it right.

[Andrew ? @ Jun 28th 2007 3:17AM]

when are they going to start making movies for this?

[LennyMan @ Jun 28th 2007 3:31AM]

Mavikio: You are the idiot 'pal', it says "Goggle" (as in 3D-Glasses) not "Google"....

[Serav @ Jun 28th 2007 5:05AM]

Nice. Not sure it would be practical for my living room though.

[Daniel @ Jun 28th 2007 5:05AM]

i cant wait until we all have 3d, 360 degree, 2400p tvs, hooked up to our ps6s with motion sensing light guns and were playing killzone 3.

[Russ @ Jun 28th 2007 7:06AM]

there's a video of it in action on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptalMTtmkgo

[garbuhj @ Jun 28th 2007 2:54PM]

Very interesting! Why do the slats have cameras on them? To track the users eye movements?

[Bill @ Jun 28th 2007 12:32PM]

I've already seen this before - it was in Six Flags. As it spun up, you would stick to the wall while the floor dropped out...

Oh, wait...

*:)

[pizzanerd @ Jun 28th 2007 1:01PM]

But does it play in 1080P?