Well... not quite. I'd guess that whatever they're doing isn't holograms as we consider them in the real world -- or even in the Trek world. But the effect is basically the same.
A two- or three-dimensional, interactive computer display environment that can react to the movements of your hands -- even pointing it through the display to manipulate data (basically replacing the mouse).
Pretty darn cool! Gonna cost an arm and a leg if you want to get it some time before the next decade or two, but the very concept -- and the fact that it's being made practical -- is very exciting!
I sure hope so: the digital presses (by Xerox) I've used for years have full color interactive touchscreen controls. A small grid of infra red sensors at the screen's border tracks your hand's movements and you only touch the screen lightly.
Imagine how cool those Trek websites with a LCARS interface will be. Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Nice, I want one! Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
There's a very good reason why most people don't have interactive monitors. For any real length of time, they are highly impractical to use.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well...mabye if you need moth hands and you surf the porn sites....
You'd still use the mouse in conjunction with the touchscreen (for cursor placement in text as one example).
The touchscreen would be ideal for sites with many menus and images.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Lest we not forget playing Homeworld 2.
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
quote: No mouse, you just point, move, and gesture, perhaps in a similar, but far less calisthenic, way as Tom Cruise did in Minority Report
Although most other people won't have to stand on a box.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: Lest we not forget playing Homeworld 2.
No. You would end up in extreme pain. And Tom Cruise should have been suffering from the worst case of RSI ever. Or at least very, very sore muscles.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
From what I have seen I am truly amazed.
Anyone think that the picture with the planet looked as though it came out of some first season TNG episode??? Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Tom Cruise should be suffering from the worst case of gonorrhea ever.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Well...mabye if you need moth hands and you surf the porn sites....
You'd still use the mouse in conjunction with the touchscreen (for cursor placement in text as one example).
The touchscreen would be ideal for sites with many menus and images.
What are moth hands? LOL! Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Imagine how cool those Trek websites with a LCARS interface will be."
Best Argument Against 3D Interfaces Ever.
quote:Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: Lest we not forget playing Homeworld 2.
Yes. If you could virtually bitch-slap your ships for wandering into a minefield or breaking formation and being picked off one by one or moving to tactically unsound positions without authorization or ramming enemy carriers/destroyers when you really didn't press K then maybe you wouldn't be so inclined to smash your Monitor out of untamed frustration and everything would be cozy and happy and enjoyable again.
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