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HoloVizio 3D, Holodeck 1.0 to Some, Makes Its Debut

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the getting-there dept.

TaeKwonDood writes to tell us that another step towards Star Trek's Holodeck technology has been taken with the advent of HoloVizio 3D. Allowing users to see and manipulate objects in 3D without the assistance of goggles, this distributed system shows a lot of promise. "The HoloVizio is a 3-D screen that will allow designers to visualize true 3-D models of cars, engines or components. Better yet, gesture recognition means that observers can manipulate the models by waving their hands in front of the screen. The function offers enormous scope for collaboration across the globe."

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  1. models! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The HoloVizio is a 3-D screen that will allow designers to visualize true 3-D models

    I'd like to order up one Cindy Crawford, one of the brunette woman from the Mercury ads, and one of that hot chick in Accounting.

    of cars, engines or components.

    Oh.

    1. Re:models! by Red+Alastor · · Score: 4, Funny

      I always thought that holodecks probably weren't used to talk to historical figures and characters from novels written in the 20th century. Cleaning the holodeck must be the suckiest job on the Enterprise.

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    2. Re:models! by Dice · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damnit, Barclay!! Again?!

  2. Oblig. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Allowing users to see and manipulate objects in 3D without the assistance of goggles...

    You mean these 3D goggles I bought for HoloVizio - they do nothing?

  3. 2D presentation of 3D screen by MyNymWasTaken · · Score: 3, Funny
    The video presentation was hilarious. It's like the cooking shows on TV where they are talking about how good the food smells. Relevant information is lost in the presentation.

    Look - a 3D screen! Doesn't it look amazing?

    It looks exactly like everything else in the 2D medium that it is being presented in.
  4. Re:3d porn! WHOOO by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    3d INTERACTIVE porn
    You just know that was on the inventors' short list of reasons why they decided to create such a device.
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  5. Holodeck 1.0? by dr_wheel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...more like Holodeck 0.01.

    When I can spray a truffle-shuffling Chunk with my tommy gun, then we'll start talking about release candidates.

  6. Re:Scoping Gestures. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    *lol*
    That guy is making waaaaay too many moves with that cube.
    23 would have sufficed...

  7. Come! by MrSteveSD · · Score: 2, Funny

    No jokes about Captain Picard saying "Come!". Okay? :)

  8. You think *that's* bad? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been waiting 35 years for working X-Ray glasses. :-(

  9. Re:3d porn! WHOOO by pushing-robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, it's all the rest of them.

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  10. OK. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Make it so baby. Uh yeah. Right there baby. Engage ENGAAAGGGE.