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Touchable Holography, an Emerging Technology

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

Mid-air displays have been seen in Science Fiction movies for several decades. As an example of this interactive holographic experience, the recreational “Holodeck” in Star Trek, instantly springs to mind.  While holograms already exist as virtual objects hovering in front of the user, you cannot touch and feel this object. However, amazingly the University of [...]

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U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi Virtual Humanoid

Posted on 28. Oct, 2007 by Bradley Hebdon.

Destined to support you in your state of involuntary abstinence, the U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi system maps a pretty girl onto the robot’s anatomically correct, green-cloth surface with the help of a sensor-equipped head-mounted display worn by the lonely, lonely man. The result is a 3D character you can touch and “interact” with. Researcher Michihiko Shoji hopes that [...]

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