Techno Babble

3DIcon is currently developing 3D projection and display technologies that produce full colour 360 degree volumetric images.

http://www.3dicon.net

One of the possible applications envisaged for this technology could be the implementation of an Air Traffic Control system that allows a user to view the entire 3D airspace and its contents in real-time.

CSpace

http://www.3dicon.net/technology/cspace.html

The research team, working at the University of Oklahoma, is developing CSpace a Volumetric Imaging System which will use a clear volumetric medium within which an invisible nano-size material is dispersed. A 3D image is rendered when laser beams directed into the image space excite the nano-materials to emit visible light to construct the image.

So far, the team has been able to create nano-size crystals which exhibit green fluorescence and have been able to embed these particles within a clear host material.

3D-SVD

http://www.3dicon.net/technology/svd.html

3D-SVD (swept volume display) is another technology currently under development. In this case, a three-dimensional image is formed by illuminating a rapidly moving circular screen sweeping a spherical volume. Voxels are rendered at precise locations within the volume over a period of time resulting in a 3D image due to persistence of vision.

Further work will look at improving the resultant image so that it appears more solid with negligible flicker.

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