Start-up creates futuristic 3D display (ZDNet) [LWN.net]

ZDNet examines a new 3D "crystal ball" computer display that startup company Actuality Systems is working on. "The 3D mechanism behind Perspecta goes back to the 1960s but had to wait for high-resolution processing and display technology to catch up. Perspecta uses a collection of proprietary algorithms to slice 3D data into a format that can be replicated in three spatial dimensions. A projector then displays the data at 5,000 frames per second onto a rotating screen within the transparent sphere, in such a way that the eye sees a 3D image. The image comprises 198 two-dimensional slices, with a 768-by-768-pixel resolution for each slice." The $40,000 price tag will probably keep this technology out of the hands of most developers for now.

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Start-up creates futuristic 3D display (ZDNet)

Posted Jun 28, 2002 18:16 UTC (Fri) by ksmathers (guest, #2353) [Link]

While the idea is pretty cute, the difference in linear velocity of a point on the surfact of the rotating screen would tend to make the image fade as you move farther from the axis of rotation. Take a look at the images of the display and I think you'll agree that the center of the sphere looks hazy. I'm guessing that the haze would only get worse as you change viewpoints moving toward one of the two poles.

Start-up creates futuristic 3D display (ZDNet)

Posted Jun 28, 2002 20:11 UTC (Fri) by Nero (guest, #2085) [Link]

What does this have to do with Open Source?