The article is here:http://blog.nj.com/digitallife/2008/07/ ... nolog.html
But for those too lazy (like myself
) to hit the link here is the small article below:
"Posted by J. Scott Orr July 21, 2008 10:31AM
Forget hi-def TV. That technology is as old as the internet.
The next generation of digital entertainment could bring entertainers into your living room as full-sized 3D holograms, bring cell phone voicemails to life with tiny images of callers or bring you face-to-face with Super Mario himself.
It's an exciting time for physicists and other researchers who have spent decades trying to expand the applications of holography, the creation and manipulation of 3D images made by bouncing laser light around.
Last month, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona unveiled a critical breakthrough toward the elusive goal of holographic video, developing a technology that allows holograms to be rewritable for the first time. This allows 3D images to be changed many times per second, just like the frames in a movie.
Nasser Peyghambarian, chairman of photonics and lasers at Arizona University, said the rewritable holographic technology his team developed is the first step toward video applications for holograms.
"It is not yet suitable for 3D movies, but I believe we will be able to get to that capability," he said, adding that holographic video would require the image to be rewritten 50 times per second or so, while the current technology allows rewrites at a pace of only about one per minute."
I'm loving the image illustration, it really conveys the theme of holography moving into video. Having worked in the IT Department of an advertising agency I suppose I'm a sucker for the unwritten rule that "A picture is worth a thousand words", what do you think?
