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Holographic Tv: Finally Are We At The Beginning Of A New Age?

#1 peterneville

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 01:39 AM

How far are we into the real stuff: holographic 3D - no spectacles, or flat screens?

Well, this article from BBC's Click features a video of a very early-stage device which, indeed, manages to project a holographic - attention needed: video - and not just a still image.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ine/9393762.stm

I would imagine there were people in the early 1920s asking the same question about conventional TV: how far are we from the next real thing that would change the world?

Your insights would be appreciated.

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 12:16 PM

Hmmm, Not sure of holographic TV. 3-D seems to be plodding along at the moment, but may pick up in time. Although I am 3-D ready, I haven't as yet tried it.

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 01:54 PM

The question of course, is how much longer until we have a Star Trek holodeck!?

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 02:42 PM

coastie65, on 06 October 2011 - 12:16 PM, said:

Hmmm, Not sure of holographic TV. 3-D seems to be plodding along at the moment, but may pick up in time. Although I am 3-D ready, I haven't as yet tried it.

And then there are some that just don't see the value of it. I saw a 3d movie in the theater once. I didn't notice much 3d throughout the movie, the glasses annoyed me (I don't normally wear them, my dad who does found it wierd to wear 2 pairs at once), and it costs more. Since then, I've only watched theater movies in 2D. As for a regular TV, I'm just not convinced it's worth it, and again the glasses.

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 02:49 PM

3D is really little better than the 3D experiences of the fifties.

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 03:07 PM

nonseq, on 06 October 2011 - 02:49 PM, said:

3D is really little better than the 3D experiences of the fifties.

Until the new 3D fad, had anyone remembered about the fads that had been started before? Notice I said fads - this will eventually go away and people will forget it.

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Posted 06 October 2011 - 03:40 PM

nonseq, on 06 October 2011 - 02:49 PM, said:

3D is really little better than the 3D experiences of the fifties.

Don't really remember much about it. Guess it wasn't all that impressive then.

I remember the 3-D Comic books and the paper glasses with one red lens and one green lens. You needed those things too, as the comic book looked really bad without them.