A 360 degree, auto-stereoscopic, 3D display prototype from Sony was showcased in the Emerging Technologies section at the recent Siggraph 2010 Conference/Exhibition.
The cylindrical unit measures 13cm in diameter and 27cm in height. It can be connected to a PC, or other device, through a digital video input port. No special glasses are needed to see the 3D image.
The display is also equipped with a gesture sensor that enables the display to be controlled interactively using hand motions.
WowWee is showing a number of different Pico projector models at this years CES 2009.
The models on display include the Cinemin Swivel – offering 3 hours of battery life and a resolution of 480 x 360 and can be bent in the middle to provide ceiling projection.
WowWee Cinemin
The Cinemin Stick incorporates an SD card slot and provides a resolution of 800×480 as does the Cinemin Station which incorporates an iPod Docking Station.
More pictures of these devices can be seen on Engadget at
First up, what about the Scanning Digiframe from the Skyla division of Lite-On.
Yet another digital photo frame you say, but this one will also scan existing printed photographs using its built-in scanner and display them on the screen
Skyla Memoir Digital Photo Frame
The LiteOn Skyla Memoir digital frame provides 1Gb of memory and a resolution of 800×600. The scanner portion provides a resolution up to 600dpi.
To scan your photographs, push a button on the side of the frame and feed the photo into the frame. A few seconds later, the scanned image will appear on the screen.
I see at least 2 of the fundamental requirements being:
3D Model display
Face/model picking
3D Model display – it is necessary to display the 3D model and the user must be able to interactively manipulate the view as required (in real time).
Face/model picking – as a minimum, in order to be able to do anything with the model, a user needs to be able to pick or select faces. In an assembly, a user may want to pick and drag the components.
3D on the web – in action
One of the first “zero client” applications which provides the ability to view a model and manipulate the view of that model has been demonstrated on the Autodesk “labs” web-site.
In this web-application, manipulation of the view of the 3D model is provided by interacting with a 2d image of the current view orientation. The model is held on the Autodesk server and the 2d view of the current orientation is generated and sent back to the users web-browser as necessary.
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