Holographic hopes
A team of Aberdeen University academics has claimed that 3D televisions displaying holographic images floating in mid-air could be a reality in households within the next decade.
Led by Prof John Watson from the university's School of Engineering, experts from the institution were partners in a four-year European Commission-funded project to investigate the underlying principles, technologies and practicalities of introducing 3D TV systems to the mass market.
The findings of the project suggest that a stereoscopic 3D TV with the viewer wearing 3D glasses is near market and may only be a few months away.
More advanced systems based on autostereoscopic technology, which do not require the wearing of glasses, are being piloted by several TV manufacturers and are only two or three years away from market.
The ultimate 3D experience, using fully interactive floating holographic images - similar to that seen when Princess Leia appears in front of Luke Skywalker as a hologram in Star Wars - could be on the market by 2018.
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