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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. Touch? by benjymous · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's a funny definition of "Touch" - yes it responds to your finger, but there isn't anything physical there to push against, so it's no more a touch interface than Kinect is.

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    1. Re:Touch? by somersault · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think they meant "manipulate directly". I think the most impressive bit there was when he had a full 3D keyboard model up on the display.

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      which is totally what she said
  2. 2D mockup of 3D by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's like the image resulting from a texture mapping of a 3D world from the vantage point of a 2D organism. It only works, and only barely so, when standing directly in front. Start moving to the side and you lose your 3D.

  3. Re:Pron by gutnor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    May not be as good as you imagine: no tactile feedback.