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...that this article is baseless fantasy. Half of it's gibberish: what does "cities heated by servers," even mean? The other half ignores what's known to be possible, with the holographic projections popping out of phones within four years being the most obvious clanger. How's that supposed to work? Like in Star Wars, of course, which is to say only as a special effect in a movie.

If you're going to be using electrical heating, you might as well get some useful work out of that energy instead of just setting it on fire.

As for holographic projections, a heliodisplay isn't technically the same thing, but it looks like the ones from Star Wars, so I'll give them a pass. It isn't that difficult to project a holographic phone.

Io2 has been going on about their thing for years. I think they're just a projector and a sheet of ionized air or water vapor or something. It's still kind of nifty but they don't seem to have made much progress with them recently.

Yes a stupid monitor, but no. You still need to look at the screen. Which sucks. But it is not so much about rendering different images and offering each eye a single one as it is a device that renders focussed dots of light into the air. It requires quite some power to do that actually. For your info the only display that doesn't require looking onto a screen directly (and which still looks cool) is the heliodisplay from http://www.io2technology.com/ but it is not 3D

Waiting for a ball-point pen sized device with one of these. Bah. Roll-out display. That's so 20th century thinking...

I had a Sony colour LCD TV with a 2" screen back in 1991. My experience with that device proved that watching just about anything except talking heads was a waste of time. To make it work they need a projector with keystone correction, so you beam a 10" picture onto a desk or the wall, or a screen that can be rolled up and slid back into the device when not in use. Neither are likely with current tech, but if you guys keep buying these gadgets the manufacturers will have more money to invest in research. So, TV on mobiles is a great idea. Go buy three of them.

Or, this technology if you want the starwars "Help Me Obi Wan Kenobi!"-kind of projector.

Note to GP :
it's hOlogram with an 'o'.
it come from the greek holos : whole
(and grama : drawing)
because its the technology that is about representing a whole object (instead of only a flat drawing).

Heh heh OK, maybe not. What I'd REALLY like to see is for the Heliodisplay people ramp up production. Depending on how well it works, that technology has incredible potential and a lot of applications suggest themselves as soon as you look at it. I hope it pans out...

Little hand-held unit, pops up windows and a virtual keyboard as they're needed in free space. I can't wait to see if the heliodisplay can be shrunk down into a small enough package to bring that off. I think those things will be the wave of the near future if they can miniturize them enough.

Okay, so is this just a stereoscopic display for a flat monitor? It isn't anything like the heliodisplay, right? what I mean: http://www.io2technology.com/

Vaporware!

Literally!

^______^

It actually works by shooting a mist into the air and projecting an image onto said mist. Some videos of the display in action are located here and here.

That said, I am glad that the technology from SeaQuest DSV has finally made it. Now, everyone can have a conversation with a creepy old guy or a deceased relative in the comfort of their own home!

It actually works by shooting a mist into the air and projecting an image onto said mist. Some videos of the display in action are located here and here.

That said, I am glad that the technology from SeaQuest DSV has finally made it. Now, everyone can have a conversation with a creepy old guy or a deceased relative in the comfort of their own home!

Holographic, as in

Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic.

It is, however, an hovering 2D image which is as cool now as the first time I saw it (1986)

Interactive 3D Display: Its Here!
Posted on 08.17.05 @ 7:05 am
  Story by Asim Waqar

Originally mentioned at Gizmodo as a prototype in 2003, IO2 Technology has just completed the production unit and provided the details behind the revolutionary HelioDisplay which produces interactive 3D dsiplays in thin air (via lasers) from common sources.

The HelioDisplay technology page lists some of its remarkable features:

Inputs from most regular sources: PC,TV, DVD, HDTV, Video game consoles
Projects a 22 to 42 (depending on model) diagonal image that floats above the device
It is interactive, like a virtual touch screen: a hand or finger can act as a mouse
Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic
Possible uses for this product include advertising, entertainment facilities, design prototyping, teleconferencing etc. Obviously the applications for such a product are endless. Most importantly it may convince my wife to finally allow the purchase of the Brook Burke Swimsuit calendar for testing purposes! This of course relies heavily on pricing (TBD) and other more, um, personal matters.

Apparently the product is ready for release; visit the product page here which looks like its being updated right now.

Visit the IO2TECHNOLOGY company homepage here.

Holographic, as in

Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic.

It is, however, an hovering 2D image which is as cool now as the first time I saw it (1986)

Interactive 3D Display: Its Here!
Posted on 08.17.05 @ 7:05 am
  Story by Asim Waqar

Originally mentioned at Gizmodo as a prototype in 2003, IO2 Technology has just completed the production unit and provided the details behind the revolutionary HelioDisplay which produces interactive 3D dsiplays in thin air (via lasers) from common sources.

The HelioDisplay technology page lists some of its remarkable features:

Inputs from most regular sources: PC,TV, DVD, HDTV, Video game consoles
Projects a 22 to 42 (depending on model) diagonal image that floats above the device
It is interactive, like a virtual touch screen: a hand or finger can act as a mouse
Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic
Possible uses for this product include advertising, entertainment facilities, design prototyping, teleconferencing etc. Obviously the applications for such a product are endless. Most importantly it may convince my wife to finally allow the purchase of the Brook Burke Swimsuit calendar for testing purposes! This of course relies heavily on pricing (TBD) and other more, um, personal matters.

Apparently the product is ready for release; visit the product page here which looks like its being updated right now.

Visit the IO2TECHNOLOGY company homepage here.

Holographic, as in

Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic.

It is, however, an hovering 2D image which is as cool now as the first time I saw it (1986)

Interactive 3D Display: Its Here!
Posted on 08.17.05 @ 7:05 am
  Story by Asim Waqar

Originally mentioned at Gizmodo as a prototype in 2003, IO2 Technology has just completed the production unit and provided the details behind the revolutionary HelioDisplay which produces interactive 3D dsiplays in thin air (via lasers) from common sources.

The HelioDisplay technology page lists some of its remarkable features:

Inputs from most regular sources: PC,TV, DVD, HDTV, Video game consoles
Projects a 22 to 42 (depending on model) diagonal image that floats above the device
It is interactive, like a virtual touch screen: a hand or finger can act as a mouse
Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic
Possible uses for this product include advertising, entertainment facilities, design prototyping, teleconferencing etc. Obviously the applications for such a product are endless. Most importantly it may convince my wife to finally allow the purchase of the Brook Burke Swimsuit calendar for testing purposes! This of course relies heavily on pricing (TBD) and other more, um, personal matters.

Apparently the product is ready for release; visit the product page here which looks like its being updated right now.

Visit the IO2TECHNOLOGY company homepage here.

Holographic, as in

Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic.

It is, however, an hovering 2D image which is as cool now as the first time I saw it (1986)

Interactive 3D Display: Its Here!
Posted on 08.17.05 @ 7:05 am
  Story by Asim Waqar

Originally mentioned at Gizmodo as a prototype in 2003, IO2 Technology has just completed the production unit and provided the details behind the revolutionary HelioDisplay which produces interactive 3D dsiplays in thin air (via lasers) from common sources.

The HelioDisplay technology page lists some of its remarkable features:

Inputs from most regular sources: PC,TV, DVD, HDTV, Video game consoles
Projects a 22 to 42 (depending on model) diagonal image that floats above the device
It is interactive, like a virtual touch screen: a hand or finger can act as a mouse
Although the HelioDisplay uses lasers, the images are not holographic
Possible uses for this product include advertising, entertainment facilities, design prototyping, teleconferencing etc. Obviously the applications for such a product are endless. Most importantly it may convince my wife to finally allow the purchase of the Brook Burke Swimsuit calendar for testing purposes! This of course relies heavily on pricing (TBD) and other more, um, personal matters.

Apparently the product is ready for release; visit the product page here which looks like its being updated right now.

Visit the IO2TECHNOLOGY company homepage here.

I think Forbes was lacking in the Technology Dept.

Lightsabers
Not possible? I think most StarWars geeks, physics buffs, and George Lucas already understood the properties of light. That's why most techie sites refer to it as an "wave arc" weapon. Meaning it's not a "laser sword" more of some kind of energy/matter stream that loops onto it self. More probable, yes? PS, with all the ILM technology, why are not the lightsaber shadows removed, hmm?Do a google search on building a lightsaber, lightsaber physics. You'll find ton's of pages.

Hyperdrives
So so SO many theories on this one. Most won't work. Some are really really probable. Yes, look at the Physics of Star Trek. Read Michio Kaku. Do your homework!

3D Spacial Holograms Not Possible?! WHAT! Like almost here! A guy has already built a floating 2D projection monitor. Read this article
IO2 Techlology
FogScreen Inc.

"Holographic Messages: Improbable"

Hmm....

As reported on /. I believe...

http://www.io2technology.com/dojo/196/v.jsp?p=/tec hnology/images

Not holographic, but I think something like the Heliodisplay http://www.io2technology.com/dojo/178/v.jsp is a lot more impressive, considering it can display images in free space "Help me Obi-Wan" style, without any screen whatsoever. Now if only something could be done about its $19,000 price tag...

Like this?

One person who is a quadriplegic recently (this past year) had a chip implanted. He can now control things by thinking about it.

Here are some other articles from a google and some things I have marked...

• Electric dreams
• Brain chip offers hope for paralyzed
• A company with a potential product
• Clubbers choose chip implants to jump queues
• A collectino of references to articles on Neural interfaces
• A display in thin air.
• Some people who do not see some things as good.

I mean, maybe it's signifigantly larger, but I want one of these: http://www.io2technology.com/dojo/178/v.jsp

The difference being partially that the heliodisplay works, now, and is much more Star War-sy

It seems similar, or may even use some of the same technology as http://www.io2technology.com./
I wonder if in this case, the air ionizer spins instead of remaining stationary.

Q.

Apparently the Heliodisplay is not related to the 3DSolar stuff. It looks interesting nonetheless, but all this 3D display stuff so far has kind of a 'flying car' feel to it. Guess I'll have to see some more substantial reports to believe in it.

I think they are making something more like this. The Heliodisplay (helio - 3Dsolar. Coincidence, or disgruntled employees of io2 technology?) appears to be much farther along, with pictures and VIDEO (I would've posted this sooner but I wanted to save all the video before it got slashdotted) of the device on their site, as well as being able to purchase one for a cool $18K!

They don't give much more info on how it works, but it appears to blow air upwards from the device and draw 'into' the disturbed air with lasers. They claim there is nothing added to the air, it is not humidified or heated/cooled. Neat tech, but expensive...

fishing in my weblinks....

unreal cave
projection links and type breakdowns
uaeu cave
elumens products are droool
fakespace
vrml 3d projection
not quite cave.... this is 3d projection
this one is further leading.....

io2tech

Fundamental change would be something like a hologram.

Like this?

Here you go bucko.

IO2 has developed Star Wars hologram technology that floats on air.

Dear bigger retard,
Quote from the article you didn't read verry well "The machine modifies the air above a video projector..."
And a direct link to clarify. LINK!!!
Hell it says in the HEADER "Video Screen in Thin Air." The /. crowd has it's IQ slip more and more every day...

Although all video clips have been taken away from their official site due to "flood of webtraffic", you can still download a video from there directly. :)

Enjoy, and be nice. :)

Although all video clips have been taken away from their official site due to "flood of webtraffic", you can still download a video from there directly. :)

Enjoy, and be nice. :)

The article mentions two technologies. One is the fog screen (as seen at SIGGRAPH), where the fog unit hangs from the ceiling and its clearly-visible vapor flows downward.

This other technology seems to involve a "sit on your desk" unit, out of which some kind of vapor appears to blow upwards. They have three videos showing this on their website (IO2 Technology) although it's light on technical specifics. The vids are filmed from in front of the unit, which seems to have a more extensive projection system hiding back behind it -- which as the guy moves his hand into the image, you can see projecting bright light up onto his arm. The "sheet" of vapor is surprisingly transparent, but you can notice its "laminar flow" being disrupted by his hand movement.

I, too, have my questions: What the vapor is and if it's toxic or messy... and how he'll do 3D (which is implied as being the next step) because the technology I see is basically a 2D "screen" and a long way from 3D.

Hey awesome guy, even though I'll probably be the millionth to point this out, this story is not a dupe. It's a different company with a different project. Let me paraphrase for you:

No one takes the parent post seriously because he didn't RTFA. The poster's lack of cleverness and almost childish and poorly thought out comments didn't help his cause either.

Original is here: this is what you are thinking of.
This is the "fog screen" tech made by the university students.
Here is a link to a company that is creating vertical projections.

Read the goddamned article, and stop wasting space. Go away and never come back.

RFTA. This is not a dupe.

Take at a look at the company's website. This is quite amazing. From looking at the specs, they are able to control translucency (doesn't mention to what degree), *AND* the working prototype has touch screen interactivity. Which means that this could possibly be extended to an actual interface (rather than just some floating billboard).

There are two distinct groups developing and commercializing similar technology.

The previously-posted story was about a walk-thru screen developed at Tampere University of Technology, Finland, demonstrated at SIGGRAPH 2003, which is being commercialized by FogScreen, Inc.

In the current story, the technology was developed at MIT, demonstrated for the media, and is being commercialized by IO2 Technology".

Both systems appear to use a particle wall or sheet, onto which video is projected. Neither is anywhere close to "holographic," so I'm afraid those late-night session "learning Vulcan" with Virtual T'Pol are still a few years off.

the io2technology element of the story is new, afaik.

the fog part of the story does seem to be a dupe, but there's the far more interesting part where the guy makes the image appear without fog/smoke/anything visible to bounce the light off of.

his website is www.io2technology.com

http://www.io2technology.com/

This article in Reuters describes the Heliodisplay, a device that creates a two-dimensional image which appears to hover in mid-air and can be seen from several angles. Similar to the Fog Screen, the Heliodisplay projects the image into a cloud of "benign" particles that it sprays into the air. The developer states that he was directly influenced by the hologram communicator shown in the "Star Wars" movies. Here is a set of video clips demonstrating the device in action, and there is more detail about the design on p. 14 of Emerging Display Review (PDF).

This article in Reuters describes the Heliodisplay, a device that creates a two-dimensional image which appears to hover in mid-air and can be seen from several angles. Similar to the Fog Screen, the Heliodisplay projects the image into a cloud of "benign" particles that it sprays into the air. The developer states that he was directly influenced by the hologram communicator shown in the "Star Wars" movies. Here is a set of video clips demonstrating the device in action, and there is more detail about the design on p. 14 of Emerging Display Review (PDF).

This article in Reuters describes the Heliodisplay, a device that creates a two-dimensional image which appears to hover in mid-air and can be seen from several angles. Similar to the Fog Screen, the Heliodisplay projects the image into a cloud of "benign" particles that it sprays into the air. The developer states that he was directly influenced by the hologram communicator shown in the "Star Wars" movies. Here is a set of video clips demonstrating the device in action, and there is more detail about the design on p. 14 of Emerging Display Review (PDF).

http://www.io2technology.com/

With videos and pics.