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Researchers Envision 3-D Hologram Phone 102
Chad Gray copies and pastes "It's an idea that was popularized by Princess Leia's plea for help in Star Wars: sending a 3-D hologram. Now, two Japanese scientists have developed technology they hope will one day turn the humble telephone booth into a high-tech chamber for beaming holographic images."
Fordet Leia; give me Amadala! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Fordet Leia; give me Amadala! (Score:1)
You've Got Holo! (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, what's better than a depressed, down on life phone sex operator giving fake moans for $1.50/hr? Why, a holographic depressed, down on life phone sex operator giving fake moans for $1.50/hr!
Re:You've Got Holo! (Score:5, Insightful)
Your post is very funny, but I think it's really insightful, too.
Never underestimate the power of pr0n when it comes to pushing new technologies. The VCR, cable TV, high-speed internet access, etc... there were a lot of factors contributing to their success, but I think the availability of pr0n was a primary factor in all of them! The power of pr0n will probably make or break this holophone technology if it becomes commercially available at some point in the future.
Re:You've Got Holo! (Score:2)
Part of the article
If it's going to spend money in this arena at all, I'd rather Congress fund studies about the effects of pornography in general, including its effect on the economy, on technological innovation, on sexual function and dysfunction, and so on.
Read the complete article here http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65831,00 . html?tw=wn_tophead_4 [wired.com]
Re:You've Got Holo! (Score:2)
I once readed an article which stated that porn was a major driving force for a lot of technologies that changed our world during the years. And it made a lot of sense. Like you said: books, photography, television, movies, internet, video, you name it. Rest assured, porn will find a niche in 3d holographic images given the chance.
And i'd buy it
Porn drove 1/3 of net funding in mid-'90s (Score:1)
In other words, if it weren't for the sex drive, we might be a few years behind were we are in internet tech, due to lack of funding.
Of course, this is just a rumor.....
Re:You've Got Holo! (Score:2, Funny)
Like the parent says, the sex industry will see this one works. When those lot get hold of this, it won't cost 10 million yen for long....
Lot of out of business Phone Sex Operators though. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Lot of out of business Phone Sex Operators thou (Score:1)
Re:You've Got Holo! (Score:2)
what's more bothering is that you'll have to wait at home for two things now. Your turn for bathroom use and now wait in line before personal home phonebooth to make your phone sex call.
p.s. If phonebooth won't be equiped with shaded glass, then those bastards in line will be watching phone sex for free (it will be like a collect call, now people will just stand in line and won't make a call).
I cant lie on phone:-( (Score:1)
Re:I cant lie on phone:-( (Score:2)
Apparently, your preview failed to catch that you misspelled "you" and "too".
Re:I cant lie on phone:-( (Score:2)
Re:I cant lie on phone:-( (Score:1)
I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:3, Interesting)
Heck, it'd be great for those of us who make 3D models for a living! As it is, I rotate my models a LOT in order to work out that things are correct proportionally. The more detail, the slower this goes. If there was some way to 'bake' it
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:2)
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Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:1)
Peter Griffin would say (Score:1)
LK
I want to be read not heard, let alone seen (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:3, Funny)
Why do you have a problem with those two things belonging to one person?
We all believe in free open source here, so....
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:1)
May crop overweight people, may normalize width (Score:2, Interesting)
Okay, so this works out fine for people that are, let's say (the height is arbitrary, not taken from article), up to 6'2" inches tall, and are a little more than 1.5 feet wide, or 4.8 feet (about 58 inches) in circumference, but any more than that and you will have some cropping taking effect.
In fact, would the image simply be stretched across the cylinder, or would it appea
Re:May crop overweight people, may normalize width (Score:1)
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:1, Interesting)
Etc. etc... Um, have you ever lived abroad and found out that you haven't seen your friends and families for months? You know how many lazy famil
Re:I want to be heard, not seen. (Score:3, Funny)
Phone Booth (Score:2)
Re:Phone Booth (Score:1)
ONE BIG PROBLEM (Score:5, Insightful)
Most people do not want you to see what they look when they talk to you. How many times have you answered the phone and just woke up? Maybe you are a girl or guy and just met someone new and do not look the way you would want to be seen in front of them? The list goes on.
Basically, more times then not, people would turn the video option off when used in a personal setting.
Now the only arena any type of video phone service has taken off is in business when visual interaction may help get the idea across. Though the most popular version of this concept is Video Conferencing.
I strongly believe video phones will not take off in a non-business environment for the above stated reasons.
Re:ONE BIG PROBLEM (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe?
Maybe this will help (Score:1)
Re:ONE BIG PROBLEM (Score:1)
Re:ONE BIG PROBLEM (Score:2)
Re:ONE BIG PROBLEM (Score:1)
Re:ONE BIG PROBLEM (Score:1)
Though you might be right and the whole thing is just a flop, but so far it doesn't seem so. Most people I've talked to want a 3G phone these day
A bigger problem. (Score:2)
It is starting to take off. It's moving at about the same rate as VOIP. The biggest problem now is the horrible latency you get with some connections.
I have a group of three very close friends that I've had since high school. One is going to MIT, one is in Washington, and one is in Florida. We were thinking of starting to meet regula
Finally a use for a Booth (Score:3, Interesting)
Interestingly, I think a "virtual" hologram system which'd use a 3-D head mount with all the 3D movements in software would be easier. Would be like playing an FPS , in the real world where we can walk around a "virtual" image of a real thing.
I'd love a panorama that I can view by turning my head around (think about the IR camera system in Apache Longbow, but on a still image so to speak).
Where is the picture? (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm too lazy with my imagination.
Just spoon feed me will ya!
We are so far behind, its too much to ask... I know.
Re:Where is the picture? (Score:2)
Gah. Let me try that again. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Gah. Let me try that again. (Score:1)
Although its going to be hard to represent that in a 2D pic, still it sure shows the feeling that we are progressing.
That pic looks like something out of Blade Runner.
Wish I could mod in my own forums.
Moderators...mod that reply informative.
This is AWESOME! (Score:4, Interesting)
The next logical step is clear: move all motion picture screenings into these telephone booths with holographic images!
Soon, movie theatres will disappear, giving way to cramped little booths with people watching movies, having to pause halfway through to step out and sit down to take the weight off their feet.
Or, wait. Is this whole beamed holographic image thing just a big thought experiment? In that case, can't we just replace the stupid phone booth concept entirely? I mean, it isn't like we can't get throw-away cellphones for ten bucks at the corner store. Where's the forward thinking from these so-called smart researcher sorts? Porn. Naked, writhing women.
Re:This is AWESOME! (Score:2)
The Porn Effect [slashdot.org] .... Technology is indeed driven by the Human male's desire to get laid :)
Re:This is AWESOME! (Score:1)
Old concept, new technology. (Score:5, Informative)
The really cool ones, though, are the hologram techinques that use reflected light to produce an image in space. Here's a short piece from wired [wired.com] and an over view of some other technology. [itweb.co.za]
1 Message Received (Score:4, Funny)
and other bad messages heading your way soon....
Scary (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Scary (Score:1)
Sad but true.
(Why oh why was it never hot ladies showing ample bussoms I will never know.)
Re:Scary (Score:1)
Re:pricey? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:pricey? (Score:2)
Overlords! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Overlords! (Score:2)
Re:Overlords! (Score:1)
Another reason why this won't take off (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Another reason why this won't take off (Score:1)
Yet another (Score:3, Insightful)
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Great (Score:1)
Great? (Score:1)
I won't. This is my house and I'l be damned if somebody who's calling early in the morning will force me to put on some pants. If the caller is aware of this technology, then he should be aware of the consequences and consequences he shall have!
Good/Bad (Score:1)
Never happen. (Score:2)
Yeah, like any company will actually be stupid enough to pay for this.
I welcome (Score:2)
What it looks like - Pic here (Score:3, Informative)
In the promotional materials for the company... (Score:1)
Re:In the promotional materials for the company... (Score:1)
Is this is ture... (Score:1)
Not a hologram (Score:2)
A hologram utilizes interference patterns to reproduce a highly detailed model (in photons) of the original. In fact, the reproduced model will reveal details down to the microscopic level due to the fine grain nature of the medium. Though I suspect you can get around that it is a hallmark of a hologram.
This device is essentially nothing more than that clock on thinkgeek that shows the time hovering in midair. He's jus
bass-ackward market/technology match (Score:2)
Let me know when I can have this at home and at my office desk.
regular projection phones (Score:2)
Oh A 3D Hologram! (Score:2)