http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/]]>Aug 31st 2007 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
Almost 3 years ago I read an article about a system much= like this... but that system had a built-in humidifier and used the moister vapors to project onto.. does this system use vapors or anything as its canvas?]]>Aug 31st 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/I know they had the guy running at the end, but I'm not completely convinced it wasn't CGI or something that used some thousands of takes of this guy running from various angles.

This is awesome for computer generated stuff though.

Wait, there are more issues:
Getting a larger picture would require a larger spinning mirror, again with the whole tornado issues. The moving parts means that it is far more likely to break down, especially at the speeds it's spinning at.

Hmm... I also don't see this working for films, because you won't be able to control the camera angles and stuff, which is a very basic part of controlling the mood and focus of a movie. Stage performances are 3d, but the audience still only sits on one side.

I really love how it looks, but the practical applications are still limited. The moving parts are my biggest worry.]]>Aug 31st 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
Also - making the picture bigger has at least 2 things to it. To get X + Y bigger you could just add more mirrors and link these - but getting the Z axis "taller" might be more difficult seeing the picture never goes out of the mirror boundaries :)]]>Sep 3rd 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
J.W. sorry for errors]]>Sep 3rd 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
I wonder what the noise level on this thing is, spinning at that speed...

Very nice effect though! ]]>Aug 31st 2007 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
'that spinning mirror looks pretty dangerous'
i guess thats why they have housed the whole setup in a glass cage

]]>Aug 31st 2007 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
Nobody gives credit to inventors anymore.]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
If you can pull it off taking away the SPINNING GLASS, then this would be AMAZING. Otherwise, another WASTE of time and resources. Spinning GLASS is not the way to go - invest more of your time and money into thinking "matrix" - "plug in your brain"

]]>Aug 31st 2007 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
its a full 3D moving image that can be viewed from any direction
its a feat of engineering and programming
it is stunning

sci fi fans have waited for something like this for years and its actually here

it shows that this idea can work
and thats pretty amazing]]>Sep 1st 2007 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
In all fairness, this does bring up a good point. You know how people sometimes reach out to "touch" images at a 3D movie? Well...you know some people would be dumb enough to ignore the warnings with this one. "Oooh, pretty, it's like it's real, let me touch iiiIIIAAAAIIII MY HANDS!!!"]]>Aug 31st 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
It's using a holographic film so they can essentially choose how light radiates in every direction. This actually an enormous amount of data more than what you'd need to have vectors drawn in space by projecting onto a spinning translucent film.

Proof: Go back and look at the spinning head. Notice that you can not see the lines that constitute the back of the head when you're looking at the front! If it were just drawing points of light in space, the front wouldn't be opaque! No, instead, every point in the space has to be determined not just what brightness to be, but in what directions in a full sphere around it to radiate light in!!!! Pay attention that this works with photographs, without building a 3d model. Even video! You need a frame from every angle of resolution multiplied by the number of frames.

This is completely nucking futz.

If you are not blown away, you do not comprehend the difficult of what they have achieved.]]>Aug 31st 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/However, a 5 second research shows that "holo" is in fact a greek word for "whole" and thus this actually IS a hologram! (more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hologram)]]>Sep 1st 2007 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
Santas gona have problems this year.]]>Aug 31st 2007 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Death Star for the model and "Help me Obi-Wan" for the video :)]]>Sep 1st 2007 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
;)]]>Aug 31st 2007 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Sep 4th 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
http://www.actuality-systems.com/site/content/gallery.html

Seems like it's already been done, and well-patented too.]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Sep 1st 2007 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Sep 2nd 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
The researchers have done a great job of promoting the concept...now start phasing the image onto a stationary cone.

Add in some proximity sensors and you have a 3D touchable display that won't claim lives.]]>Aug 31st 2007 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/
CONFIRMED - THE PS3 WILL DISPLAY HOLOGRAMS.

Remember, you heard it here first.]]>Aug 31st 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Sep 17th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/researchers-develop-a-360-degree-holographic-display/Aug 31st 2007 4:54PM