Entries from April 2008 ↓

The BBC is reporting that 3-D TV is really about 3 years away.  I’ve always considered the BBC to be a reputable source for information.  They seem fairly unbiased – I like em.

Anyways, they posted this

And guess what?  This article is from 2006.  That means they predicted 3D TV and I quote:

After reading the article, it seems pretty fluffy.  However…

Holographic TV?

Check out this quote:
“However, Prof Onural said holographic television was at least 10 years away.”  I’ve heard rumors that there are already holographic displays and they are fairly commonplace.  I’ll post stuff that I find.

Holographic TV
The thought makes me holler — so so Beautiful!!!

Can you believe it?  What is it?

A hint: 19 entities

Yes, that’s right a 19 entity consortium for 3D-TV development.  At first, I was a skeptic.  Just because I’ve always loved the word – consortium.  Even as I’m righting this, I’m understanding the justification for it.  Guess what?  Europe is all over it.  This consortium is made up of top universities in Europe – all banded together for the third dimension in television.

Here’s a list of participants:

http://www.3dtv-research.org/participants.php

So, it’s actually pretty darn cool and they made a book about it.  You can find it here