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Tangible Display Makes 3D Touchable
moon_monkey writes "Researchers in Japan have developed a display that makes 3D objects solid enough to grasp. The system, created by engineers at Japan's NTT, combines a 3D display with a haptic glove, making 3D items that look real but also feel solid to touch. Two cameras are used to image an object, to make the 3D image. A computer also uses this to render a solid representation. It could be used to inspect products remotely, or even to shake hands with someone on the other side of the world, the researchers say."
And by "McDonald's", I of course mean "teledildonics"?
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
Knowing the pr0n industry, and guys in general - 5 years, tops.
Then we'll be reading stories about people who die of starvation because they were so caught up in their cybersex world, that they forgot to eat, sleep, etc., and just died.
And there will be clinics for cybersextoy addicts.
And law suits.
The big question for slashdotters, of course, is "Will it run linux?" This will be the first time they prefer Windows, because it can be depended to "go down on them" on a regular basis.
And no, I don't want to imagine a Boewulf Cluster of them - it would be a REAL cluster-f*ck!
*runs out to buy lube*
No SHIT!
That is SO INSIGHTFUL! I'm REELING at the POSSIBILITIES!
After all, I am strangely colored.
Tits?
/mmmm. downloadable b00bies.
Wake me when there's tits and we'll talk.
Where we're going, you won't need lube...
You had me at, "Hello".
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
Sweet setup! Im buying one as soon as they finish programming "Three Stooges: The Game" on that puppy!
A device which allows us to punch people in the face....OVER THE Internet!
Yes! Finally! Everyone was laughing when I said VRML was the future, now who's got the last laugh? h0 h0 h0!
Hail the 3-touchable-red-cubes!
Who says they're joking?