The ability to touch and manipulate 3D images is key to the future of interactive entertainment, not to mention every other episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now two UC-Santa Barbara researchers say they've built a prototype room-sized 3D display using projectors, a user-tracking system, and two FogScreens, which produce 2D images using microscopic water droplets and ultrasound.
First of all, welcome back Mac.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this method of 3D reproduction is the final answer, but I think it is helpful whenever we can get a glimpse of a dimensional immersion experience.
Michael
Hi Michael.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to be back -- or, more accurately, it *would* be nice to be back if I hadn't picked up a nasty cold.
I agree: this vapor-centric hologram is but a first step, but it's better than nothing.