The zSpace 3-D display implements motion parallax by tracking
the user's head movements to achieve a new level of realism (Image:
Infinite Z)
A new interactive 3-D display developed by Californian startup Infinite Z can track hand and eye movements in real time to let users manipulate virtual objects in three dimensions in a highly intuitive way. The zSpace display could bring a new level of realism to computer-aided design, virtual reality simulations, and even gaming.
This is a major upping of 3D viewing , as the current 3D screens only simulate binocular parallax, i.e the variation of an image seen from both eyes due to distance between them, and the consequent correction by our brain. Those screens did not simulate motion parallax though, the depth cue by which we get a different point of view whenever we move our head with respect to an object.
In this screen, Infinite Z have embedded infrared markers into the companion glasses , allowing position of head to be tracked, and adjustment of image to occur (remember the cool see through screen used by Ethen Hunt in MI4, using a IR camera to track the security gaurd's eyes ??) The result is when wearing the glasses, the viewer is presented with a much more intuitive experience in which virtual objects can be viewed from different perspectives as their point of view changes.
Along with the eyes, it also tracks motion of the stylus, to create a realistic 3D interation. This, as it is called, Virtual Holographic 3D technology , which currently costs a pretty pinching $3,995 , will surely revolutionize the fields of virtual reality, 3D viewing and gaming as its price decreases in the future.Though, if you're a software developer who would like to create software that works with the display, however, the good news is that you can get your hands on one for considerably less – just $1,500.
The video below from Infinite Z showcases the zSpace display technology.
Source: Infinite Z via Technology Review , Gizmag
A new interactive 3-D display developed by Californian startup Infinite Z can track hand and eye movements in real time to let users manipulate virtual objects in three dimensions in a highly intuitive way. The zSpace display could bring a new level of realism to computer-aided design, virtual reality simulations, and even gaming.
This is a major upping of 3D viewing , as the current 3D screens only simulate binocular parallax, i.e the variation of an image seen from both eyes due to distance between them, and the consequent correction by our brain. Those screens did not simulate motion parallax though, the depth cue by which we get a different point of view whenever we move our head with respect to an object.
In this screen, Infinite Z have embedded infrared markers into the companion glasses , allowing position of head to be tracked, and adjustment of image to occur (remember the cool see through screen used by Ethen Hunt in MI4, using a IR camera to track the security gaurd's eyes ??) The result is when wearing the glasses, the viewer is presented with a much more intuitive experience in which virtual objects can be viewed from different perspectives as their point of view changes.
Along with the eyes, it also tracks motion of the stylus, to create a realistic 3D interation. This, as it is called, Virtual Holographic 3D technology , which currently costs a pretty pinching $3,995 , will surely revolutionize the fields of virtual reality, 3D viewing and gaming as its price decreases in the future.Though, if you're a software developer who would like to create software that works with the display, however, the good news is that you can get your hands on one for considerably less – just $1,500.
The video below from Infinite Z showcases the zSpace display technology.
Source: Infinite Z via Technology Review , Gizmag
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