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Obscura Digital Demos "Minority Report"-Like Display

Posted by kdawson on from the grabbing-holograms dept.

Barence and other readers sent along word of a demonstration by Obscura Digital of a new technology it's dubbed a multi-touch hologram — reminiscent of the display in Minority Report. The demonstration shows a man interacting with holographic images projected before him, moving them around and resizing them. It's only sort of like the Minority Report display, which used hand movements to control elements on a screen. Earlier, Obscura had demoed another take on the Spielbergian technology, a multi-touch wall.

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  1. Cool, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somehow, doesn't seem as efficient as alt-tabbing.

    1. Re:Cool, but... by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Funny

      alt-tabbing

      My brain initially interpreted that as "air-tabbing" and I pictured legions of nerds engaged in some kind of fierce air-keyboarding competition.

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  2. Innovative by gbjbaanb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but can we lay it down on say, a table?

  3. This could double by al0ha · · Score: 4, Funny

    as a form of Geek exercise. Lift that window, scroll that window, spin it, spin it, expand then contract...

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  4. A few technical steps away from "Minority Report" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The researchers did state that their tech would need to be scaled up before it could work with straight actors.

  5. Re:One step closer to my holographic dream by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    But not in our dreams. No sir.

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