Gabbemaster Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Copy from http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=683 By creating plasma in open air with lasers, Japanese scientists are working on a true 3D display The Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced an exciting breakthrough in optoelectronics -- a working three dimensional display. The display does not rely on any sort of optical illusion or disorientation. Instead, infrared lasers are aligned to converge and create small amounts of plasma. The plasma acts as a floating "dot" on top of the laser grid. The infrared laser pulses across several reflectors so that 100 dots can be created per second. The initial reports from AIST are a little light on details, but it appears as though the plasma dots can be drawn up to several meters away from the laser source. It also appears as though the device needs a vapor source with specific electron/ion content in order to generate the dots. Go to http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/latest_resear...0/20060210.html for more information. /Gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaanicOne Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Ooooh! Shiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snubben Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Soon we will all have one of those in our homes! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povuholo Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 few 100 years and star trek won't be science fiction anymore. Too bad we won't be around then :happy: I don't know in what way this could be very useful, i guess you could do something with simulations and showing things (as in the just mentioned star trek series) but it certainly is very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooba Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I wonder how long it will be untill humanity reaches completely realistic virtual environments. I mean imagine playing a non linear rpg with such a system! It would feel real! I wonder what other wonders we will have then... if we exist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keael Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Actually that's pretty interesting, even though I see no practical uses for it besides entertainment reasons. Even then, I don't think it would be worth all the money that these things could cost. The Japanese always have been a step ahead of us in terms of technology... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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