Mixed-Reality 3D Volumetric Projector 112
First time accepted submitter Gortu writes "We are describing and demonstrating a 3D Volumetric Projector (YouTube video); in short words: a device that enables mixed reality. The 3D projector has very poor quality, we just have 10 rotational voxels (as we are using only 10 regular LCD projectors), but is proof of concept for developing a commercial solution."
A better way i dreamed up - with water guns (Score:4, Interesting)
My best idea is to use a hundred pulsed water guns and a laser that can be precisely aimed on the fly. You emit downward-dropped, fast-moving squirts of water algorithmically timed so that when the drop reaches the "pixel" the laser also illuminates that spot, making a pixel appear in midair. If the guns are in a row, that's a 2D plane. You could do this with a 100x100 water guns to make a 3d system, where 2d is the box of water guns on the ceiling, and 3D is when the drop is illuminated.
Make sense? I so want to do this!
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High quality 3D (Score:4, Interesting)
This approach by Sony shows much more promise in the short and medium term:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inlyXhKDQwg [youtube.com]
No walking through the image, though.
Re:More impressive: (Score:5, Interesting)