World's First 3D Display Revealed

The world's first interactive 3D display has been developed by IO2 Technology. HelioDisplay creates 3D displays in the air using lasers, drawing input from computers, TVs and DVDs. It also allows interactive applications to be controlled by a finger, instead of a mouse. "Our first generation version, the Heliodisplay, projects TV, streaming video and computer images into free space, (mid-air)", the company's website claims.

http://www.neowin.net/images/icons/viewicon.gif View: IO2 Technology Website (Currently experiencing heavy traffic)
http://www.neowin.net/images/icons/souricon.gif News source: Macworld | UK

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View from above the 22" Heliodisplay displaying a hovering car
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Close-up view of image fidelity and color saturation under office lighting.
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Line Graphics under low light conditions-office space w/ lights dimmed.

Heliodisplay Videos (22"model) :

http://www2.io2technology.com/dojo/2...es/vid-112.jpg Interactive Product Advertising

http://www2.io2technology.com/dojo/2...es/vid-112.jpg Interactive Product Advertising

http://www2.io2technology.com/dojo/2...es/vid-112.jpg Medical Advertising Simulation

http://www2.io2technology.com/dojo/2...es/vid-112.jpg Military Defense Applications

videos don't seem to work....:huh:

they are probably using steam or fog substance onto which the laser can project.
This is probably why there are stripes.
laser or projection can only be visible if it actually has something to "project" on...

If you look at this site which specializes in fog screens youll understand the concept
and why there are stripes
http://www.fogscreen.com/
with video
http://www.fogscreen.com/video/Sumu1810H.wmv
or
http://www.fogscreen.com/video/InterActiveFOG-2004.wmv

http://www.fogscreen.com/images/etukuva.jpg

I can hear it now, honey its got lines it in you dummy , why did you buy that .

why would you want this?

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novelty? its image quality ain't pretty to look at, though.

AVI links are dead. maybe it got slashdotted.

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This will be just perfect with my Princess Leia screensaver.

Obi-wan?.....

Thats not the first, i saw something like that along time ago, it was amaizing.

Haha. Im sure if you hooked a camera up to your computer, and one of those up to the computer, you could do star wars communication type thing. Just get a 3d image of yourself as a JEDI!!!

to make the "star wars" holograms, they'd have to find some way to physically limit the wavelenghts of the light emitted. right now, all we can do is project something onto another substance that will block and stop the light, producing an image. but this looks pretty damn close to those holo-communicator thingies