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posted by mrpg on Friday July 07 2017, @05:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-glasses dept.

Camera maker Red has announced a smartphone with a "holographic" display. But it won't come cheap:

It all sounds like some sort of mix between the gimmicky visual trickery Amazon offered with the Fire Phone and the glasses-less 3D displays like the ones found on the Nintendo 3DS. But in a forum post written shortly after the announcement, RED founder Jim Jannard says "there is no good way to describe it until you see it." He also writes that "our display is technology you haven't seen before. It is not lenticular, which is inferior tech in every way, has been tried many times before and failed for good reason. (see Amazon 3D Fire, LG Optimus, etc)."

RED says that it will also use an algorithm to convert stereo sound into "multi-dimensional audio" to add to the immersive experience — or, as RED puts it, to "ASSAULT YOUR SENSES." The phone will allow for modular attachments, similar to those found on the Moto Z line or the Essential Phone, but with a special focus on image capture. And the phone will work (somehow) with RED's extensive lineup of digital cinema cameras.

Red's Hydrogen One PDF conveniently guarantees that orders will be delayed after an initial release.

Red is known for making cameras that can shoot in 6K and 8K resolutions, intended for film production.


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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Friday July 07 2017, @09:04AM (1 child)

    by RamiK (1813) on Friday July 07 2017, @09:04AM (#536051)

    Smartwatches suck because of the tiny displays and a, consequently, terrible user interface. But, a holographic projector and a motion capture camera could solve that.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday July 07 2017, @01:40PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday July 07 2017, @01:40PM (#536106) Journal

    Absolutely. Unfortunately, this is the bad kind of hologram. Why else would they need a 5.7 inch screen?

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