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JoelJ
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Posted: 12th Nov 2008 01:32
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Pretty cool trick. They're using a spinning mirror to project an image much like R2D2 projected of Princess Leah in Star Wars



According to one of the comments on that thread, this aparently is old, so some of you may have seen this before. But it still looks way sweet.

Has anyone seen this?


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Zombie 20
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Posted: 12th Nov 2008 01:38
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haven't but it its still cool


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Zotoaster
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I was aware of the technology, but it's hardly old, I mean the general public just isn't aware of this stuff, let alone own any of it. It's pretty cool.

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Haven Studios
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Posted: 12th Nov 2008 02:28
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there are a lot better ways to project holograms or at least the effect of them now adays, but still very cool

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JoelJ
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Posted: 12th Nov 2008 04:09
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... like what?


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Posted: 12th Nov 2008 08:16 Edited at: 12th Nov 2008 08:17
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If they could simulate that into a game it would be a beast! Imagine a real holographic game world *mouth drouls*

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Mr Z
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Imagine playing on the holodeck!

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JoelJ
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Posted: 12th Nov 2008 17:03
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Quote: "If they could simulate that into a game it would be a beast! Imagine a real holographic game world *mouth drouls*
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Imagine the seizures


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Imagine the cost.

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Posted: 13th Nov 2008 21:19 Edited at: 13th Nov 2008 21:21
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Lets see, an angled mirror sitting on a spinning table, behind a plexi-glass cylinder, that's not too much, Projectors are expensive, but not too bad. In a world where people pay $10000 for flat-screen televisions, this doesn't seem like too much of a stretch.

I imagine the main barrier is media, how does one create content for a holotank?

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Alucard94
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Posted: 14th Nov 2008 20:32
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Quote: "$10000 for flat-screen televisions"

Who in their right mind would ever buy a television for that amount of money?!


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tha_rami
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Posted: 14th Nov 2008 20:35
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At my work, we actually sell a $80,000 TV. Only two were sold up till now, but still.


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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 01:21
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Quote: "At my work, we actually sell a $80,000 TV. "

Guess I'm wrong, is that TV made out of solid gold or something though? What makes it so expensive?

Oh. I'm going off topic. Sorry.
I wouldn't really want to play a holographic game, I mean sure, it'd be nice and all. But I'm sure that in the near future we'll have near photo-realism on the PC if technology keeps advancing as it has and it'd probably take a lot longer if you'd now bother to try and do it umm, "holographically" if you know what I mean. I'd rather look into my screen.


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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 01:55 Edited at: 15th Nov 2008 01:59
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Quote: "Guess I'm wrong, is that TV made out of solid gold or something though? What makes it so expensive?"


It's uh, (guessing) one of those 100 inches wide tvs :o (8.33 feet, 2.54 meters).




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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 09:27
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Can anyone imagine playing a game like Left4Dead in actual VR?? (Painless VR, btw, lol)

Maybe I'm fantasizing here, but I think that'd be wicked cool.


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Left4Dead's awesome, I played the 360 demo with a bunch of mates, and we met two witches in one room....

Yeh, we died....

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Satchmo
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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 16:16
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Can anyone imagine playing a game like Left4Dead in actual VR?? (Painless VR, btw, lol)"


Virtual reality? Or is there another abbreviation of VR.

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