Princess Leia Lives! First 3D Hologram Created by Japanese Tech Company
Burton, a Japanese high tech company, has created what they claim is the first true 3D display. The device uses laser plasma technology to create three dimensional images floating in the air or underwater.
Shades of Star Wars!
Says the company's web site, "Most of the 3D displays reported until now draw pseudo-3D images on 2D planes by utilizing the human binocular disparity. However, many problems occur, e.g., the limitation of the visual field, and the physiological displeasure due to the misidentification of virtual images."
How have they solved the problem? Well, the site says the Burton engineers use the plasma emission phenomenon near the focal point of focused laser light. They control the position of the focal point in the x, y, and z axes to display real 3D images constructed by dot arrays in the air. Got that?
Geek.com reported earlier this year that the MIT Media Lab using Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller was also homing in on the problem and had produced a fuzzy 3D hologram. You can read the story here.
But right now it’s Burton that appears to be leading the pack. There’s a movie on the company web site that demonstrates the technology, but what’s more fun is to watch the YouTube video shown below. May the force be with you.
