http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/07/were-one-step-closer-to-a-holodeck/
Attendees at the SIGGRAPH 2015 exhibition in Los Angeles this coming August will have the first opportunity to boldly touch what no man or woman has touched before … a hologram. Can a Star Trek holodeck be coming soon?
SIGGRAPH 2015 is the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques and the 42nd edition is where the Digital Nature Groupfrom Japan’s University of Tsukuba will demonstrate for the first time its touchable aerial images or holograms.
The holograms are made using the femtosecond laser – a laser that pulses beams at 10−15 or one quadrillionth of a second – which has practical applications in nuclear fusion, corneal surgery, 3D optical data storage, nanomachining and nanorobotics. Digital Nature Group is already well known for using the femtosecond laser for aerial plasma 3D graphics demonstrations – holograms that could not be felt because, until now, the femtosecond laser was not safe for casual touching.
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Cool....
Attendees at the SIGGRAPH 2015 exhibition in Los Angeles this coming August will have the first opportunity to boldly touch what no man or woman has touched before … a hologram. Can a Star Trek holodeck be coming soon?
SIGGRAPH 2015 is the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques and the 42nd edition is where the Digital Nature Groupfrom Japan’s University of Tsukuba will demonstrate for the first time its touchable aerial images or holograms.
The holograms are made using the femtosecond laser – a laser that pulses beams at 10−15 or one quadrillionth of a second – which has practical applications in nuclear fusion, corneal surgery, 3D optical data storage, nanomachining and nanorobotics. Digital Nature Group is already well known for using the femtosecond laser for aerial plasma 3D graphics demonstrations – holograms that could not be felt because, until now, the femtosecond laser was not safe for casual touching.
MORE AT SITE
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Cool....