Holograms have always disappointed me. This is mostly because they're nothing like what they are in science fiction. Where's the hologram that can go horribly wrong and trap me in gangster era America with the safety protocols somehow broken? I demand holograms that can kill me, and until they exist nothing is going to satisfy my hologram needs. I clearly have a long wait, but we are one step closer as some scientists in Japan have created tactile holograms and part of the process involves using Wii Remotes. Is there anything the Wii Remote can't be used for?
Really the use of the Wii Remote just gives us a good excuse to show off this interesting piece of tech as otherwise it wouldn't really be gaming related. The holographic device uses the Wii Remotes to track the person's hand and the the feeling of things like rain drops or a ball is created by an "Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display." It seems pretty high-tech so I'll just let the video below show it off to you instead of pretending that I know what I'm talking about.
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Look cool. Then when there is really holographics stuff we are going to look at theses kind of videos and laugh at them because in the future we'll have better tech. That is how it is with games, compare the games of today to the old pixelized ones. There is huge difference.
@Vedicardi: I noticed that too, and I'm curious if it was a bug or if the raindrops that missed were actually behind the hand, and therefore should have missed.
Nice - it's not really a projected hologram though - it still depends on you facing a screen. Nevertheless, as long as you are facing the screen, it really does look like it is hovering in front you, and the interactivity is impressive.
I have no doubt that within 10 years you'll be seeing this sort of thing in game consoles. I honestly can't see it coming sooner, unless Nintendo drops a ton of money on it.
But good work nonetheless. Not exactly the same thing as seen in Star Wars but reasonably close.
They are telling the truth. It's through thwat ultra sound thingamajiggie that is used. That way, they can make you sense things that aren't normally supposed to be there. At least that's what I gathered from it.
@brimtastic: this news came out of the SIGGRAPH 2009 conference, where the technology was on display. I assume if the thousands of people in this field who were there didn't call shenanigans, then it works as advertised. I don't expect that it necessarily feels right, but I assume it does indeed feel*.
Unbelievable... where'd you find this image? The guy on the left was a lecturer at my university: I remember this image from our compositing coursework!
I remember that image from an issue of Computer Arts - a tutorial teaching you how to do an approximate version of that Leia hologram from Star Wars, by using After Effects, or something.
Cisco is working on a hologram similar to what we see in science fiction. In fact, the hologram is so realistic that I'm almost sure I'm missing something.
http://www.musionmedia.co.uk/cisco_day.html
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I have no doubt that within 10 years you'll be seeing this sort of thing in game consoles. I honestly can't see it coming sooner, unless Nintendo drops a ton of money on it.
But good work nonetheless. Not exactly the same thing as seen in Star Wars but reasonably close.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17564-outofbody-experiences-help-bring-avatars-to-life.html
http://www.musionmedia.co.uk/cisco_day.html
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