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)

[JohnRunge316 Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:47PM]

So am i the only one that is seeing a blinder??? Maybe I've just worked at Starbucks for to long.

[TheReturn Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:55PM]

This reminds me of the device in the movie paycheck with the lady talking

[abcdzzz1234 Posted Jul 28th 2010 7:31PM]

It's amazing. but what about above and below. We can see 3D in360 around z-axis as a cylinderical view not spherical.

[Charles Nguyen Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:27PM]

@abcdzzz1234
well our eyes are next to each other horizontally

[oshi44 Posted Jul 28th 2010 7:59PM]

Very cool although a porno demonstration would have been much more titillating.

[tvick47 Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:54PM]

@oshi44 titillating indeed.

[foxh8er Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:10PM]

This display is going to look RIDICULOUS in the year 2025.

[Blaque14K Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:39PM]

Now I'm kinda pissed. From trying to dissect how it works from looking at the breakout video I think I had an idea like this years ago....if its doing what I think it is. I just thought that was a common take on how to do it. Then again maybe computers weren't where they needed to be to manage all the images. And the method of capturing real subjects is still limited. But for gaming....MAN!!!!

[gatorfan Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:47PM]

I bet the engineers who developed the device must have tried to put porns into it. I know because I'm an engineer too.

[Skeptic Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:51PM]

but will this play standard 3d content or only stuff rendered specifically for the unit.

[Alv Posted Jul 29th 2010 5:13AM]

@Skeptic stuff specific for the unit, this is a hologram, not a 3D VIdeo viewer, you can probably insert 3D Animations made in Maya or some other Expansive Autodesk tools

[DoomLight Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:24PM]

Sony Playstation 7

[Extinction Posted Jul 29th 2010 2:37AM]

@DoomLight They did show a PS3 using it...

[Dannybuoy Posted Jul 29th 2010 2:45AM]

That's the Death Star trench run briefing sorted then!

[Alv Posted Jul 29th 2010 5:11AM]

If it was bigger and transparent it would have an use, otherwise, It's just deco

[Ali78 Posted Jul 29th 2010 9:37AM]

Finally a 1991 technology from maker of Sega, Time Traveler has arrive at last....well almost!

[brutek Posted Jul 29th 2010 9:46AM]

Now I understand why Sony licensed my patent!

[TPAYNE87 Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:56PM]

Glasses, where we're we wont need glasses

[GreenElf Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:18PM]

All this and it also make Pong relevant again!

[Androsko Posted Jul 30th 2010 6:50PM]

I was at SIGGRAPH this year, and I got to play with this thing. The resolution of the image isn't great, but the effect is definitely impressive.

One weird thing I noticed, the breakout-ish game looked like it was running of a regular PS3 slim. I tried asking the guy about that, and he either couldn't understand me or was trying to play dumb.