MIT researchers’ cheap and small holography system to work with PCs, consoles
The days of 2D computer and TV displays could soon be over, as a team of researchers from MIT have recently come up with what could possibly be a practical way of making holographic video suitable for everyday use on PCs and gaming consoles.
This new system, the Mark III, is the third generation in a series of MIT-designed holographic video displays that date back to the late 1980s.
The best thing about the MIT team’s new system is that it reportedly relies on a standard graphics processor instead of highly specialized hardware. The researchers were also able to streamline some of the system’s optical hardware, hence its smaller size. The Mark III would reportedly cost only “a couple of hundred dollars” while still providing resolution as good as a standard analog TV.
The Mark III is still a long way from delivering high definition holograms, though. It’s currently only able to display monochromatic holograms that are about the size of a Rubik’s Cube. V. Michael Bove Jr., director of MIT’s consumer electronics program, CELab, promises that the fourth generation system that they have lined up will be able to display an image as big as a standard desktop PC monitor and will have a full range of colors.
Via Engadget
The days of 2D computer and TV displays could soon be over, as a team of researchers from MIT have recently come up with what could possibly be a practical way of making holographic video suitable for everyday use on PCs and gaming consoles.
This new system, the Mark III, is the third generation in a series of MIT-designed holographic video displays that date back to the late 1980s.
The best thing about the MIT team’s new system is that it reportedly relies on a standard graphics processor instead of highly specialized hardware. The researchers were also able to streamline some of the system’s optical hardware, hence its smaller size. The Mark III would reportedly cost only “a couple of hundred dollars” while still providing resolution as good as a standard analog TV.
The Mark III is still a long way from delivering high definition holograms, though. It’s currently only able to display monochromatic holograms that are about the size of a Rubik’s Cube. V. Michael Bove Jr., director of MIT’s consumer electronics program, CELab, promises that the fourth generation system that they have lined up will be able to display an image as big as a standard desktop PC monitor and will have a full range of colors.
Via Engadget
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