Sony Demo'ing 360 Degree 3-D Tabletop Display 102
JoshuaInNippon writes "Sony announced via a Japanese press release that they will be showing off a prototype of a tabletop 360 degree 3-D display that can be seen in any direction without special glasses at the Digital Content Expo 2009 in Tokyo, from October 22-25. The device is quite small, at just over 10 inches tall and 5 inches in diameter. The display, using LEDs, currently supports an image that is 96 pixels wide by 128 pixels tall, with 24-bit full color. Sony also says it could have a number of applications, such as a digital sign, a digital frame, a medical display, or a virtual pet. Looking at the product image, who else wants to bet on the latter?)"
Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Informative)
(from the presspiece)
"If you had such a 3603d display, what would you use it for?"
Talk about a loaded question.
Pr0n of course (but with more sanity damage perhaps).
Re:96 pixels wide by 128 pixels tall (Score:5, Informative)
Re:96 pixels wide by 128 pixels tall (Score:3, Informative)
Indeed; I RTFA and was sorely disappointed, it looked like a Sony press release (and a small one at thet) to me. There was nothing in TFA that warranted reading it, aside from the picture of the goofy looking hardware.
Is it stereoscopic or holographic? And whichever, how does the thing work?
More reading material... (Score:4, Informative)
Endgagdet story from 2007 [engadget.com]
Siggraph 2007 video [youtube.com]
Siggraph 2009 demo [usc.edu]
Re:sony rootkit (Score:3, Informative)