Topic: palm-held 3D display - prototype

[Nemesis]

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Grandparents could use the device -- which comes in a 10 centimetre (3.9 inches) cube -- to see a 3D image of their grandchild living far away, while business people could view a prototype product from afar and school teachers could use it in science classes, he said.

At the moment the device has a still image but efforts are underway to make it move in real time, Yoshida said.

Yoshida said the team hopes to put the technology to practical use within about three years by improving picture quality, getting rid of cords now attached to the cube and allowing viewing from all six sides of the box.

The team also wants to give vocal sounds to the 3D image in the future, making it appear as if the person in the cube is speaking.

Make it larger and good enough and you have the new TV and computer monitor.  3-D flight simulator anyone?

[Centurus]

You know what this reminds me of?

Anyone remember that TNG Season 2 episode where Data was ordered to transfer to this scientist's command that wanted to dismantle him and study his components to duplicate him, and the question was brought up as to whether or not he's merely Starfleet property, or a sentient being with free will.

Anyway, in that episode, when Data is packing up his things, one of the things he packs away is this cube or something that holds a holographic, 3D image of Tasha Yar.

That's what this article reminds me of.

Nem, I agree with you.  This could become the next thing in computer monitors and televisions.