Microsoft Working on Star Wars-Like Holographic Tech

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/10/2012 01:05 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Vermeer is a novel interactive 360deg viewable display suitable for a tabletop form factor from Microsoft Research Cambridge. It provides viewpoint corrected stereoscopic 3D graphics to simultaneous users 360deg around the display, without the need for eyewear or other user instrumentation. In contrast to other systems, Vermeer allows users for the first time, to reach into and directly touch 3D objects inside a display volume. It also enables simultaneous users 360deg viewing of the 3D object. Inherently other 360deg systems restrict interactions to outside the display volume behind a protective glass or plastic dome.

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