Holocube brings 3D projection down to desktop size
By Donald Melanson 
posted Feb 5th 2008 3:28PM
posted Feb 5th 2008 3:28PM
After years of promises, it seems that holograms are finally starting to gain a little traction, although the applications for the technology so far have been fairly limited. At least one company thinks that's about to change, however, with it now touting its retro-styled Holocube as an all-purpose solution for company's to advertise their products "like never before." Measuring about 20-inches square, the Holocube packs a 40GB hard drive for storing up to 18 hours of compressed video, which can magically float at 1080i resolution within the cube at the flick of a switch. Of course, the fact the company is targeting the device solely as a means of advertising should tell you something about the price (which is on a need to know basis, it seems). Still, it's a start, and we're guessing there are at least a few folks out there that'll snag one of these to fully round out their Star Wars-inspired home theater no matter what the cost. Head on past the break for some video of it in action.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton has a cool hologram display where there's a Superbowl ring spinning around. It was so realistic looking that my wife actually reached down to touch it, thinking it was a replica of some sort. Pretty cool (although it doesn't look like this cube).
To me it looks like a 2-D image projected onto something. It lacks depth, therefore this is not a real hologram IMO, it's more of an optical illusion.
What I want to see is a hologram (preferably animated) that I can walk around and view from any angle and see what I expect to see. for example, If I'm looking at a three dimensional house I view the front and walk around it and see the sides and the back.
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"To me it looks like a 2-D image projected onto something."
Maybe its because you're looking at a 2-D picture. >;>
If you had one of these you could totally tell. :p
wow.. it looks GOOD.. just imagine a 60inch of that with affordable price..a dream come true xD