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Perspecta Walk Around 3D Display

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-see-what-i-see dept.

Spinneyhead writes "New Scientist reports on the Perspecta display, a goldfish bowl like device that displays moving images in such a way that they seem to "float" within the display. "To display the image, software inside the Perspecta chops a 3D model generated by the computer into 198 separate pieces, like slices of cake, which are then projected onto the screen in quick succession by a graphics accelerator that feeds image slices to an optical system mounted below the screen. The result looks to the viewer like a 3D image composed of 100 million "volume pixels" or "voxels".""

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  1. Actuality Systems website. by technix4beos · · Score: 5, Informative

    You'll find the company here:

    Actuality Systems.

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  2. Nice gift by Mononoke · · Score: 5, Funny
    a goldfish bowl like device that displays moving images in such a way that they seem to "float" within the display.
    Does it say So long, and thanks for all the fish along the brim?

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  3. I had a look at one of these once by BabyDave · · Score: 4, Funny

    The lady who was operating it said I'd meet a tall handsome stranger. Luckily she didn't ask me to cross her palm with $40k (that's a heck of a lot of silver).

  4. Re:Pictures? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.actuality-systems.com/index.php/actuali ty/products/photo_gallery