IO2 Launches “3D” Screen

[Jimmy 2004]

As manufacturers get closer and closer to 3D screens, IO2 has launched its Heliodisplay which gives a pretty convincing 3D image. This holographic-style display works by projecting a 2D image onto a cloud of microscopic droplets (probably water, although this isn't confirmed), giving an image with fully rendered colors and legible text, at a resolution of 1024 x1024 pixels. One of the impressive features of the display is its mid-air touch sensitivity, allowing an interactive display for performing actions such as rotating objects - this makes it ideal for use in environments such as museums. It isn't cheap though - the touch sensitive model costs $19,400 - and image quality is still lacking behind CRT and LCD displays, but IO2 is likely to continue improving the Heliodisplay.


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[ex_reven]

thats efffing awesome

i didnt think theyd get this far in 3d scape this early
i hope they push on so that i can have one by the time im 20

imagine grenade spamming in 3D Holograph

 

[tkpenalty]

The age of the 3D displays has arrived... lets bash up "cyber doll"!!!!

 

[BXtreme]

i didn't expect it to come that fast, but now it's here

 

[Seany1212]

thats efffing awesome

Your damn right it is, i want one

 

[ex_reven]

$20000 lol...
i could build like 18 1337 pcs for that much

 

[Pinchy]

Thats an ownage monitor

 

[WarEagleAU]

I wanna play Supcom on that puppy.

 

[Protius]

that's so cool

 

[PyroInc]

saw a big one of these on discovery channel

 

[Scavar]

Yeah I a special on the Discovery channel about these things.

Best part, it could lead to stuff like Holodecks, except with the user wearing a suit

 

[Benpi]

A 3d screen??????

works by projecting a 2D image onto a cloud of microscopic droplets....
costs $19,400

The reason people spend $300,000 on a Lamborghini, is because a Lamborghini is cool.

$19,000 for a fake 3d screen similar to the ones we've all seen on extremely old-school arcade machines 15 years ago is ridiculous, because the device isn't even cool. What a pile of trash.

 

[KennyT772]

this looks roughly like the holographs in the star wars movies..craziness.

 

[zuckel]

we had a news about this about half a year ago. it's not working on 'water droplets' but on ionized air that it blows upwards from the slit. on that the image is projected using a laser. and it's nowhere near 3d, it's just a flat image sitting in mid-air. on the videos from the last news post the 'screen' was all kind of blurry and moving because of the gas stream.

 

[Namslas90]

Now that would realy bring porn to life, but who's gonna clean up the mess!!

 

[Random Murderer]

Now that would realy bring porn to life, but who's gonna clean up the mess!!

maybe the monitor comes with a little man to clean up after "the mess"

 

[anticlutch]

A 3d screen??????

The reason people spend $300,000 on a Lamborghini, is because a Lamborghini is cool.

$19,000 for a fake 3d screen similar to the ones we've all seen on extremely old-school arcade machines 15 years ago is ridiculous, because the device isn't even cool. What a pile of trash.

Beauty, or "coolness" here, is in the eye of the beholder. You may not like it and consider it to be stupid and a waste of money, but other people such as myself think that this tech is interesting and "cool".

 

[ktr]

Beauty, or "coolness" here, is in the eye of the beholder. You may not like it and consider it to be stupid and a waste of money, but other people such as myself think that this tech is interesting and "cool".

eye of the beholder and the fatness of you wallet

 

[Random Murderer]

eye of the beholder and the fatness of you wallet

agreed.

 

[mandelore]

thats bleedin nice, but here is the age of soddin annoying 3D adverts..

 

[Random Murderer]

thats bleedin nice, but here is the age of soddin annoying 3D adverts..

agreed.