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A 3D Display You Can Touch

Posted by Unknown on from the lasers-through-the-looking-glass dept.

mikejuk writes "Are we getting closer to really effective volumetric 3D display technology? A new display, designed in Russia, uses cold fog and a laser projector to create a volumetric 3D image that you can touch. A tracking device (no, it's not a Kinect) is used to detect the user's hand and moves the virtual objects in response. There have been cold fog 3D displays before, but this one has a reasonable resolution and looks near to being a finished product that could be on sale soon. Estimated price? Between $4000 and $30,000."

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  1. Between $4000 and $30,000. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    At last: a realistic estimate!

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    1. Re:Between $4000 and $30,000. by sgt+scrub · · Score: 3, Funny

      How much for just room temperature fog?

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  2. Someone's got to say it by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Touch me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only bloke."

  3. Re:$30,000? by itsdapead · · Score: 5, Funny

    What advantage does this offer that could justify the upper bound on pricing? Is there anything that could justify a 4K price? or is this just a novel idea thing?

    $4k vs. $30k probably depends whether they lovingly hand-craft 10 units or get a sweatshop to knock them out in quantity.

    $4k would be low enough for some gadget freaks (i.e. the ones with $5k hi-fis and $10k tellys) with more money than sense to buy them for fun.

    $30k might be low enough for research teams with an end-of-year surplus to get one in order to investigate your first question.

    I'm sure that they'll want one on CSI but they're fictitious so its probably cheaper and more convincing to mock one up with CGI in post-production.

    Super-villains will want the 20' x 20' de-luxe model to explain their world domination plans in terms that even an over-sexed British spy or Austrian ex-bodybuilder can understand - that will cost more than $30k but (a) Super-villains never pay, they just murder the creator and (b) see 'CSI' above.

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  4. Won't ship by bruno.fatia · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just another piece of vaporware!

  5. Re:Pron by daem0n1x · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't need this. It's cold and gives no tactile feedback. I already have that, I'm married.