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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday June 23 2015, @10:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the your-face-is-a-holograph dept.

An interactive holographic display that can create 3D digital worlds inside a special pyramid shaped display has raised more than four times its crowdfunding target.

The device, developed by Vancouver based H+Technology, sits on a table top and can be viewed from numerous different angles. Using a smartphone or tablet users can interact with 3D objects 'inside' the pyramid.

The company hopes that the device will help people to interact with technology more naturally in groups, rather than alone.

Isn't Kinect a better interface for this kind of thing?


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by VortexCortex on Wednesday June 24 2015, @02:36AM

    by VortexCortex (4067) on Wednesday June 24 2015, @02:36AM (#200208)

    A better term would be adaptive parallax display, or as I call it, "Virtual Window". They could be using eye tracking, or head tracking. I've experimented with such a thing a lot. I can create some remarkable 3D feeling displays that are actually 2D and rely on the fact that your head/eyes are constantly moving by tiny amounts. All I need is your screen and a webcam to make my "holograms". Others have repurposed the WII controllers / light-bar to create the effect. [youtube.com]

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