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Researchers Envision 3-D Hologram Phone
Chad Gray copies and pastes "It's an idea that was popularized by Princess Leia's plea for help in Star Wars: sending a 3-D hologram. Now, two Japanese scientists have developed technology they hope will one day turn the humble telephone booth into a high-tech chamber for beaming holographic images."
Just imagine; I am on the phone, a call comes in, and it's Natalie Portman!!!!! Now, if they could just develop a way to teleport hot grits into my pants during this ...
is it that bad seein a hot chick again? if i see a hot chick walkin down the hall i dont say "repost"
I guess there will be a whole new phone sex business for this sort of technology, right?
I mean, what's better than a depressed, down on life phone sex operator giving fake moans for $1.50/hr? Why, a holographic depressed, down on life phone sex operator giving fake moans for $1.50/hr!
I still think that this is doomed to failure as the average person doesn't want to be seen in their natural state. I just know that I'd be getting all kinds of unwanted calls from guys who stare at my source code rather than attempt communication.
These are breasts; this is source code.
Why do you have a problem with those two things belonging to one person?
The biggest problem with video phones, and why they have never taken off in any form, in the last 10, 20 + years...
Most people do not want you to see what they look when they talk to you. How many times have you answered the phone and just woke up? Maybe you are a girl or guy and just met someone new and do not look the way you would want to be seen in front of them? The list goes on.
Basically, more times then not, people would turn the video option off when used in a personal setting.
Now the only arena any type of video phone service has taken off is in business when visual interaction may help get the idea across. Though the most popular version of this concept is Video Conferencing.
I strongly believe video phones will not take off in a non-business environment for the above stated reasons.
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The trend seems to be going in the other direction: more and more people are using text messages, a far less personal mode of communication.
Sure wish they would put a conceptual diagram or rendered picture of said technology.
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I'm too lazy with my imagination.
Just spoon feed me will ya!
We are so far behind, its too much to ask... I know.
The next logical step is clear: move all motion picture screenings into these telephone booths with holographic images!
Soon, movie theatres will disappear, giving way to cramped little booths with people watching movies, having to pause halfway through to step out and sit down to take the weight off their feet.
Or, wait. Is this whole beamed holographic image thing just a big thought experiment? In that case, can't we just replace the stupid phone booth concept entirely? I mean, it isn't like we can't get throw-away cellphones for ten bucks at the corner store. Where's the forward thinking from these so-called smart researcher sorts? Porn. Naked, writhing women.
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3D viewing through spinning projections is nothing new. Viewers which utilize an upwards-facing projector and rotating screen in the center of a sphere have been around for a while. I can't find a link at the moment, but the concept is not new. It is cool to see LEDs and fiber-optics used, as well as a new real-time scanning method.
The really cool ones, though, are the hologram techinques that use reflected light to produce an image in space. Here's a short piece from wired and an over view of some other technology.
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This could be used to give new meaning (and new weight) to the term "obscene phone call"! eeeeeeeew
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If the price fell 100%, wouldn't that be $0?
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Another technology that's maybe too advanced, too "gadget" or not fashion enough to be profitable. I was just reading how nintendo used network since the NES days, and every following console version had its modem (with no success). a truly sad story about ppl trying to release new tech to a public that goes: Meh...
Engadget has a photo of what it looks like here: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000837021481/ You won't exactly be blown away.