Sony's 360-degree RayModeler 3D display brings its glasses-free act to LA, plays Breakout (video)

Sony talked up its cylindrical no-glasses 3D 360-degree prototype display last fall, and now it's showing off the tech, dubbed RayModeler 3D, on US soil at SIGGRAPH 2010 through tomorrow. A major bonus of that showcase is an English language video -- embedded after the break, plus a hands on including a game of Pong Breakout from Core77 and our videos from the Japanese exhibition -- showing how it all works, including the eight-camera rig and turntable that capture objects in 45-degree separations before they are interpolated to create a continuous 360-degree motion image. Sony claims this is the first of its type capable of high quality images, full color and interactive live motion -- check it out and imagine keeping a tiny 3D pet or floating, disembodied head on your bedside table, where it can respond and react to your every gesture. We wouldn't want our blip-verts any other way.

Sony 3D 360-degree display prototype (hands-on)

[DaHarder Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:33PM]

Bring On The Holograms Already...

[bravokiloromeo Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:08PM]

@DaHarder
just imagine sports in holographic form... [nerdgasm]

[rchives Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:36PM]

Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, your my only hope.

[rchives Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:37PM]

@rchives

you're

[pankomputerek Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:45PM]

@DaHarder p0rn on holographic display must be damn cool!

[gold5225 Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:15PM]

@bravokiloromeo My Nerdgasim would be videogames! in Holographic 3D

[Extinction Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:49PM]

@bravokiloromeo Sports and nerd conflict. Pick one, not both

[thedankone Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:40PM]

@DaHarder

Reminds me of Time Travler (the arcade game). A sudo-holographic game using curved mirrors and a crt screen.

[sweet greggo part deux Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:23AM]

@bravokiloromeo

I'm right there with ya, bud. I told a friend of mine over 20 years ago that one day we'd be watching holographic football games on our coffee table. I can't wait!

[Diabolus in Musica Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:40AM]

@bravokiloromeo Sports and a nergasm?? I think you confused sports with videogames haha

[Arayta Posted Jul 29th 2010 3:43AM]

@DaHarder

Yeah, if only we could get these holograms out of those damned jars. Then we'll really be in the future!

[VampireHunterZ Posted Jul 29th 2010 10:01AM]

@DaHarder
I don't know why people want these displays to watch movies and sports. As you can see, a problem is introduced if you have an environment. This type of display only works on objects that take up a finite space. In a movie where the landscape goes on forever where does the clipping happen?

If 2 people are looking at the same display 180 degrees apart do they both see the landscape going in either direction? If so, background objects that one person sees would block the subject from the other person's view. See the problem here?

[kenjennings Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:54PM]

@VampireHunterZ

Nah. The person on the back side of the display gets to see the movie crew shooting the action. ;-)

[system22 Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:24PM]

@thedankone haha i totally remember that game. never seemed to look right to me tho.

[Funkyfreshh Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:34PM]

Cool

[Mic2000 Posted Jul 29th 2010 4:49AM]

@Funkyfreshh The start of Playstation 9 development? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRJXLu3YVpM&feature=related

[Alexpeegs Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:34PM]

First reasonable sounding 3d. However it better come through to be affordable one day.

[pankomputerek Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:53PM]

@Alexpeegs Unfortunately I don't think we are ever going to be able to afford one of these...

[wemustcontrolpeople Posted Jul 28th 2010 7:33PM]

@pankomputerek Yeah, it's gonna be just like the Blu-ray player. It was $3800 in 2003 and we're still waiting for the price to drop...

[ScottishDan Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:00PM]

@pankomputerek
One day i'm sure.
Until then this will probably be used in advertising and branding

[buoy Posted Jul 29th 2010 3:16AM]

@wemustcontrolpeople blu-ray players? aren't they like 100 bucks now? O_o http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=blu-ray+player&spos=3

[Dustin F Posted Jul 29th 2010 5:21PM]

@Alexpeegs

It's so hilarious how people demand this or that freaking brilliant and amazing technology, and 'it better be cheap!'

LOL. This is amazing.

We could have hyperdrive trips to the center of the universe and immortality medicine and someone would complain.

[Mr Hett Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:36PM]

"The Force is strong with this one."

[tobsmonster2 Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:03PM]

@Mr Hett
So are the viewing angles.

[Juggernaut408 Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:36PM]

Nightmare

[DoctarPeppar Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:37PM]

Awesome! A true volumetric display.

[Lucky Businessman Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:43PM]

Охуенно!

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:28PM]

очень вкусный

[timurse Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:43AM]

@Lucky Businessman Воистину. Я прямо-таки представляю себе такой дисплей раз в 5 больше и просмотр на нем различных веселых мультиков и 3д-панорам.

[Mic2000 Posted Jul 29th 2010 7:28AM]

@Lucky Businessman Translate for our non-russian friends:

-Fucking!
-delicious
-@ Lucky Businessman Indeed. I have a really imagine such a display every 5 more and view it funny cartoons and 3D Panoramas.

Aha, or just talk in english so we can all follow the conversation!

[finishhim27 Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:43PM]

Imagine something like this in the middle of a living room,,, with 360 degree sitting to watch a movie

[Killing Time Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:28PM]

@finishhim27

woe to the people who have to witness the movie from the back.

[Psyclotr0n Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:43PM]

BUT WILL IT PLAY P--- hey, i see what you did there, engdaget!

[brockorr Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:45PM]

I'm really glad it is compact in size.

[inestine Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:45PM]

Very simple implementation. VERY cool result!!!

and FINALLY, NO DAMN GLASSES!!

[aventheusiast Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:53PM]

COME ON !!! Don't you guys know the difference between Pong and Brick-out ????

[RichardLawler Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:04PM]

@aventheusiast It was my error, I will now go play a few games and lose approximately three hours doing so to repent for my sins.

[Threlly Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:54PM]

If you have a full volumetric display and your watching a video of a full volumetric display....

[mex Posted Jul 29th 2010 5:49AM]

@Threlly the universe will implode sir.

[Mori Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:58PM]

360 porn

[timurse Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:45AM]

@Mori looking at this post from such an innocent puppy makes me tremble

[Mori Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:00PM]

*360 degree porn

[thebobman Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:02PM]

Isn't that breakout, and not Pong?

[sh22 Posted Jul 29th 2010 3:11AM]

@thebobman
yeah, but breakout is pretty much 3d pong when you think about it haha

[Flocons Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:04PM]

Now let's make it the size of a living room and give me tricorder!!!!

[beatupunit Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:05PM]

Pfft.. Sega had all this 3d stuff downpat in like 1991...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fGFiOo7urA

[PerniciousBooty Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:10PM]

And I was all excited about Pong. Breakout, pfft.

[CapsLockKey Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:14PM]

This is clearly stolen technology as I saw one of those in an AT-AT back in like 1980.

[Sp4rky Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:22PM]

Nice Max Headroom allusion.

[Revoltoso Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:31PM]

nice, now make it HD and im in.