Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Hologram
Japanese scientists figured out a way to add feelings to holograms, but without the emotional baggage.
Star Wars fans know what Luke would have done if Leia Organa's hologram, spouting out of Artoo's spyglass-like projector, was "touchable" to any degree (despite the eventual plot twist that made fans question Luke's crush in the first place). Taking a step beyond Star Wars and traveling into Star Trek territory, current real world Japanese scientist have actually created a hologram that can be felt.
Whether that means replicators and holodecks are slated to hit the market in the next few decades remains to be seen, however don't get too excited about these "physical" images: they won't provide textures or other familiar sensations. In fact, when a user passes a hand through the hologram, the only sensation they will provide is pressure. This is achieved by sending ultrasonic waves through the image.
According to Reuters, the Japanese scientists are actually using Nintendo's Wii remote to track the human's hand, mounted firmly above the hologram display area. So far, they've only tested simple holographic objects, however there are plans to use the technology in a more practical application such as a hospital, producing a virtual switch in an environment where contamination by touch can cause problems.
Hiroyuki Shinoda, professor at Tokyo University and one of the developers of the technology said that the new technology could eventually replace other physical objects, saving companies a few bucks while remaining environmentally friendly. There's no telling what will happen to the human race if the porn industry gets a hold of this technology.
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I can only think of one thing "Brothel" You know those Japanese scientists were thinking the same way.
Yeah, you know people read that headline and are thinking: HOLODECK. And if we did have holodecks, I'll bet most of those programs would be... adult... in nature.
Cool!
And way, way more uses than simple 'porn', although porn will push it.
I'm excited at the world we live in and the way it progresses.
Its a new technology! How can we use it for porn? I love this site.
it would be a good thing if porn industry gets a hold of it; they would actually keep improving it ( and the lives of a lot of people at the same time, he he)
Its a new technology! How can we use it for porn? I love this site.
If it wasn't for porn we wouldn't have the net, or TVs, or anything. PORN RULZ!!!!
I remember reading about (what I presume to be the same type of technology) a while ago. Don't dismiss those ultra sonic waves, last I checked the intensity required to 'feel' would also blow your ears out >_>
Hey this would be great.. Maybe it could help keep the world from becoming overpopulated any more then it already is.. FOR THE PORN! FOR THE WORLD!
I Inmediately though of having sex with a hollogram program after just reading the title. It's.. that wrong?.., Am I bad peson?, do I I need help?
Those silly Japanese people. Always inventing cool stuff.
I Inmediately though of having sex with a hollogram program after just reading the title. It's.. that wrong?.., Am I bad peson?, do I I need help?
At least you did not tell us that you want to have sex with a Real Doll™. Want a good laugh, then check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrvbj2aRT1I . If you get that bad, then you have a problem.
the question on my mind is how much and can i fuck it?
For this news to have any kind of real interest, we would need actual holograms to exist...
What is currently referred to as a "hologram" these days is usually rather gimmicky and very limited in its effectiveness. Most are simple variations of the old Pepper's Ghost trick that dates back to 1969...
I have yet to see a technology capable of stopping a light ray in the middle of thin air... We still need some kind of physical medium to project the image to...
Holograms? Not really. Far from it actually.
I'd want a holodeck that let me kick the shit outta somebody.
Lol... another porn article...
And you know what else? Maybe this would cut down on teen/unplanned pregnancy and abortion? That is, until the programs become sentient and refuse to abort the baby programs...
Those silly Japanese people. Always inventing cool stuff.
and i'm pretty sure they already tried to use it as a sex toy ^^
So I could see the porn industry developing new looks for your hologram. Happy times.
Here's the video apparently. Looks cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLa1rdfu6Bg
I'm imaging it's use in a sexual nature.
Sending enough sonic waves so you can feel a sensation...
Enough so that if applied to the correct area of the body, enough stimulation would be provided for a surprise?
giant penis hologram slap!
Why is it when these words two words are used in conjucntion: "Touchable Hologram", ....9 out of 10 people here (including me) think iPORN...err I mean..."PORN"?
I am your father.
But what if somebody creates a virus for this?
I Inmediately though of having sex with a hollogram program after just reading the title. It's.. that wrong?.., Am I bad peson?, do I I need help?
nah... u aren't a bad person. You are just another victim(like most of us) of the entarteinment industry who would love to drive all of us into sex maniacs as long as we are paying BIG BUCK$ for it.
And it seems they are succeeding in it considering that most of the readers's(including me) first idea, how to use this interesting new technology, was to use it for porn and sex.
THis ain't how it should be, should it?
Wonder if this tech could be used to create a kind of artifical gravity in space. I mean, since they can create pressure mid-air. It might actually work without killing you, unlike that magnetic stuff in the flying mice article the other day.
Wonder if this tech could be used to create a kind of artifical gravity in space. I mean, since they can create pressure mid-air. It might actually work without killing you, unlike that magnetic stuff in the flying mice article the other day.
so what are you saying? that we can use this technology for.. not porn?
I don't understand why 9 out of 10 people's first thought is porn. I mean is this site's audience comprised of mostly nerds who don't have a real sex life.....oh wait.
Seriously though, my first thought was interactive games and military training among other implications. Think about virtual surgery where a doctor can remotely diagnose and perform surgery while feeling every nuance of what he is doing inside the human body. All kinds of virtual training could use this technology (the ultrasonic 'touch' and maybe not the hologram) to make for a better lesson in whatever the student is learning.
But I don't want my hand mounted firmly above the hologram display area!
I was actually thinking of military uses as well. If they can project an image, say, in front of a Humvee that can provide this pressure they are talking about, then perhaps roadside IED's would explode before the actual vehicle is in front of them. Or, if they could project images around other military vehicles that would cause incoming missiles to explode before they hit their targets, then perhaps it could save lives.
Even in the space program. If they could place some kind of cone shaped image around the space station or satellites, then perhaps some of the small particles will deflect from a collision course.
Who knows, maybe this could be the start of the "deflector shields" that are so popular in science fiction.
Just a thought.
@ KT_Wasp
That is a great idea for Humvees... except it wouldn't work for when someone has the IED strapped to him and knows when to blow it (happened to a good friend of mine as they were driving through a marketplace...) Also, to create the pressure in space the device would need particles (such as air) to transfer the kinetic energy (which space does not have enough of).
I remember an experiment though involving light. The scientists wanted to show that light has characteristics of a particle (is light a particle or a wave? Experiments have been done to support both theories). They used a laser and put it under water which was treated with a 'soap' to decrease the waters surface tension. The laser pushed molecules of water out like a geyser. I wasn't trying to make any kind of point, I just wanted to share something I learned. Maybe they could incorporate different techniques to get a light shield?
hmm.... MS should buy into this idea..
Touchable Hologram should fit well with the upcoming Natal...
So instead of just waving our hands ... now we can feel the "thing" while we are moving it around...