The ‘real’ thing!

Nov 14, 2010 - Naresh Sadhwani & Deepak Jhangiani

Some of the technology that makes an appearance in science–fiction is no longer a futuristic fantasy. The holographic image seen in the classic Star Trek TV series is now a reality. A true holographic moving image converts 3D into virtual reality. The new generation 3D holographic technology can be used to project life like full 3D moving figures.

Move over fancy 3D HDTVs with expensive “special glasses,” the real thing is here. Holographic TVs are the future, literally. This all new technology is what most TV companies were experimenting with and millions are still being spent on R&D to develop a 3D TV with better resolution. The research has borne fruit and the world at the opening of the World Cup 2022 may see the best of the new generation TVs called a holographic TV.
Japanese tech heads have revealed proposals to FIFA to host the 2022 World Cup, offering holographic broadcasts to the globe with it. The Japanese have proposed to capture all 360 degrees of World Cup matches using up-to 200 HD cameras, the footage from which would then be used to project life-like full 3D images onto football fields the world over. It also means that potentially, one could go a national stadium, sit down and watch the game that is taking place in Japan as if it was happening right in front of his or her eyes, with holographic players moving around the pitch. In a statement to CNN, Dr Nasser Peyghambarian, chair person of photonics and lasers at the University of Arizonians’ Optical Sciences department, said that scientists at the University have broken a barrier by making the first updatable three-dimensional displays with memory — this technology is a major breakthrough in rewritable and erasable holographic systems. He has said that the new holographic technology can project a near 360-degree image to another location, that updates every two seconds. The Japanese hope that this technology will be up and working by 2020.
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