Hello - there's a company in NYC and the Boston area actually designing quantum encryption technology for eventual products. They have a team of heavy-hitters in the quantum information world. They're called MagiQ Technologies, Inc.
I know their CEO, and it sounds like they're doing very promising work. They've been pretty quiet about their stuff, but think that it's an example of the real-world applications of this type of technology.
Also, if you're an electrical engineer you might be interested in "neuromorphic engineering," in which circuitry is designed with biological inspiration. A few places to check out are:
The 3-D display is a diffuse sheet that rotates at 600 rpm; as it spins, 2-D images that correspond to "slices" of a 3-D dataset are projected onto the sheet.
Because the screen is thin, and because of the way it's mounted, (and also, believe it or not, because of the spacing between your eyes) you see a very compelling 3-D image regardless of where you stand. Even from above! It's actually quite cool. But I'm biased, I suppose...
Actually, you read my mind. The 3-D display's "proprietary rendering" algorithms relate to algorithms that are embedded in the display controller system. You'll never see them and you don't have to understand them (Fortunately!).
The user (customer) will actually be able to run a large percentage of OpenGL(tm) code directly on the display with little alteration, as you mention. We just have to be very careful about claiming "OpenGL" compatibility, etc., etc. But yes, lots of GL apps should be easily configured to run with the display. From the user's point of view, it's just a monitor...
Just a quick note from one of the founders of the 3-D display firm.
Seems to be some confusion about the resolution of the device we're working on. The 3-D display creates imagery by projecting onto a rotating screen; it projects (at least) 200 2-D images, each of a resolution of approx. 768 x 768. Persistence of vision fuses all of these "slices" into a 3-D image.
Note that the images are stacked radially, like slicing a pizza - not linearly, like a deck of cards.
I hope you enjoy the site... We're working hard over here to have something ready for demonstration; we'll try to put actual photographs on the web some day soon.
Biological (neural) systems have properties sometimes desirable electronically, such as robustness and insensitivity to noisy data. Indeed, Caltech's Carver Mead (if he's still there) went a long way to popularize biologically-inspired engineering, or "neuromorphic engineering." His book Analog VLSI and Neural Systems is the usual text, mixing VLSI design and mimicry of, say, the retina.
The original Nature article should be readable to those clued in on MOS circuitry and a bit of neuroscience. I think it's wonderful that Nature is willing to post their material for free online, esp. in PDF...
For those of you itching to learn more about the brain & neuromorphic engineering, I set up a page of links to related books.
> Currently the best field of view is around 30% with VR goggles. I am excited about 3D, but it seems funny that no one seems to be working on increasing field of view.
I agree that field of view is very important for many applications, such as pharmaceutical design.
But rest assured, people are working on it...
This is a biased response -- our firm has developed (and is finishing up the next generation model) volumetric 3-D display with a 360-degree field of view: Actuality Systems
That is, the imagery takes up a real volume, and multiple people can walk around the display to see it from anywhere in the room. We even have a demo set up that lets you pick up a joystick and fly a helicopter over a moving terrain.
Anyhow, if you are interested in background information on 3-D displays in general, let me suggest: SIGGRAPH overview
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Hello - there's a company in NYC and the Boston area actually designing quantum encryption technology for eventual products. They have a team of heavy-hitters in the quantum information world. They're called MagiQ Technologies, Inc.
I know their CEO, and it sounds like they're doing very promising work. They've been pretty quiet about their stuff, but think that it's an example of the real-world applications of this type of technology.
Gregg Favalora - CTO, Actuality Systems, Inc. - The 3-D Display Guys
The EE Times article mentioned that a lot of the work is coming from Bruce Wheeler's research group. This is the home page:
http://soma.npa.uiuc.edu/labs/wheeler/home.html
And click on "featured work."
Also, if you're an electrical engineer you might be interested in "neuromorphic engineering," in which circuitry is designed with biological inspiration. A few places to check out are:
Caltech Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering
Telluride Workshop on Neuromorphic Engineering
And this Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
- Gregg Favalora -
Sorry, I couldn't resist...
(I'm one of the founders.)
The 3-D display is a diffuse sheet that rotates at 600 rpm; as it spins, 2-D images that correspond to "slices" of a 3-D dataset are projected onto the sheet.
Because the screen is thin, and because of the way it's mounted, (and also, believe it or not, because of the spacing between your eyes) you see a very compelling 3-D image regardless of where you stand. Even from above! It's actually quite cool. But I'm biased, I suppose...
Gregg Favalora, CTO
Actually, you read my mind. The 3-D display's "proprietary rendering" algorithms relate to algorithms that are embedded in the display controller system. You'll never see them and you don't have to understand them (Fortunately!).
The user (customer) will actually be able to run a large percentage of OpenGL(tm) code directly on the display with little alteration, as you mention. We just have to be very careful about claiming "OpenGL" compatibility, etc., etc. But yes, lots of GL apps should be easily configured to run with the display. From the user's point of view, it's just a monitor...
(From a founder of the firm.)
Just a quick note from one of the founders of the 3-D display firm.
Seems to be some confusion about the resolution of the device we're working on. The 3-D display creates imagery by projecting onto a rotating screen; it projects (at least) 200 2-D images, each of a resolution of approx. 768 x 768. Persistence of vision fuses all of these "slices" into a 3-D image.
Note that the images are stacked radially, like slicing a pizza - not linearly, like a deck of cards.
I hope you enjoy the site... We're working hard over here to have something ready for demonstration; we'll try to put actual photographs on the web some day soon.
Gregg Favalora
Biological (neural) systems have properties sometimes desirable electronically, such as robustness and insensitivity to noisy data. Indeed, Caltech's Carver Mead (if he's still there) went a long way to popularize biologically-inspired engineering, or "neuromorphic engineering." His book Analog VLSI and Neural Systems is the usual text, mixing VLSI design and mimicry of, say, the retina.
The original Nature article should be readable to those clued in on MOS circuitry and a bit of neuroscience. I think it's wonderful that Nature is willing to post their material for free online, esp. in PDF...
For those of you itching to learn more about the brain & neuromorphic engineering, I set up a page of links to related books.
All best,
Gregg Favalora, CTO, Actuality Systems, Inc.
Developing autostereoscopic volumetric 3-D displays.
I agree that field of view is very important for many applications, such as pharmaceutical design.
But rest assured, people are working on it...
This is a biased response -- our firm has developed (and is finishing up the next generation model) volumetric 3-D display with a 360-degree field of view: Actuality Systems
That is, the imagery takes up a real volume, and multiple people can walk around the display to see it from anywhere in the room. We even have a demo set up that lets you pick up a joystick and fly a helicopter over a moving terrain.
Anyhow, if you are interested in background information on 3-D displays in general, let me suggest: SIGGRAPH overview
and (by a team of students in Germany): Survey Article
-Gregg Favalora