Cool, not $14000 cool, but cool

[Swedishlf]

This is one hell of a cool display:
http://www.actuality-systems.com/

Who want's to chip in to the fund?

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Stupidity should be painful.

[outside looking in]

Looks like one of the implementation of a spinning helix screen upon which the image is projected... it allows volumetric display, but you can see the spinning screen.

True holographic displays are IMO the only acceptable form (with current technology anyway) of volumetric display. Some of the newer holographs (even 2D pictures) are simply breathtaking... some of the better ones are downright spooky.

Anyway, it is a pretty cool display, and certainly worth some money... just not $14000 worth.

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Only 30,000 to 40,000 genes in an Einstein, a Michael Jordan, or a Bach? Boy, can that God guy write tight code or what? - David Rudloff

[ThreeOnTheTree]

Guess you could toy with your friends, pretending it's a crystal ball.

"My crystal ball is telling me.....I need to reboot...."

Oooooohhhhh.....Aaaahhhhhh.....



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"Going with the flow" may just take you to the sewer.

[Baloneyflaps]

$14000?

Where'd you get that number? THat's steal!

Products


Volumetric 3-D Display (hardware): US$45,000

Actuality Visualization Operating System (software): US$3,000

Software Development Kit: please contact for details

Installation: US$2,500

Hardware Support Programs: Basic (US$3,000/yr) and Premium ($7,500/yr)

Software Support Programs: Basic (US$3,000/yr) and Premium ($7,500/yr)

Software Maintenance: 30%/yr of software

Accelrys WebLab(r) ViewerPro(r) Plugin: (available soon)

SolidWorks(r) Plugin: (available soon)

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[Bennyboy]

That is gorgeous! I might not have the cash myself but I think Baloneyflaps is right that $14,000 would be a good deal for it.

My only problem with it over conventional 3D displays (if there is such a thing) is that it is not an immersive 3D system. It places you outside the 3D world, like a God view, rather than inside it like an FPS game might.

Any company looking that for that cutting-edge cool factor should definitely get one, for the lobby if not the actual research labs! Any customers walking in would think they'd just stepped ahead 100 years onto the Enterprise bridge or something.

[Da_man]

i wonder when they will come out with a Winamp Plugin for it??

i want one on my coffie table displaying cool graphics when i throw parties...

kind of an expensive toy though!

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