Fully-Immersive 3D Volumetric Projection

[Menedev]

Cool Idea, just subscribed your blog ;D Pitty so many youtubers don't get it or are just trolling around

[mressl]

News! We are working towards a 100 projector prototype...

[mcmire]

That looks neat. Doesn't really show up very well on video though. I imagine it would be better in person.

[Grismar]

Two things: tripod & manual focus, when trying to film smoke under dark conditions...

[justinarnote]

looks like a gay rave party

[thebrothersgriff]

Great job, I can imagine how this technology will grow in the future.

[Inxective]

the fk is elmo doing in this vid -.-

[curlyfry562]

meh

[gcbzzzz]

so it can only make circles for now?

[mressl]

@gcbzzzz We only have 10 rotational voxels, so we are very limited to what can be projected. It happens that spheres are rotationally very simple, that's why we started with a sphere, but we also tried simple asymmetric things like cones, cubes, and objects with holes.

[OrdosSiegeTank]

Scrapping capitalism for socialism is evil change. Scrapping large government is using your power for good. Get to it.

[ImogenMartinez]

hmmm. don't see anything there. kinda lame.

[m0rjc]

The reverse principal of a CT scan?

[volumetricprojection]

@m0rjc Right on track, projection and reconstruction are exchanged!

[xlovenuggetx]

/. neat. i'd imagine all the people who thumbed this down or left a demeaning comment don't comprehend what you've demonstrated. thanks for sharing. /.

[volumetricprojection]

@xlovenuggetx Thanks for your comments! What matters is that the bottle is out in the open, not who understands it :-).

[paflechienmisc]

I didn't see any sphere... It's just a lot of smoke, and projectors acting like lasers.

[telesniper2]

Wow, dry ice and stoners playing with lasers, real useful......NOT

[Effedup]

I would very much like to see a video that is recorded in HD that we can actually see what the hell is going on, because as it stands this looks like a smoky mess with lasers in it.

[volumetricprojection]

@Effedup Help me with obtaining the funding, and I'll be glad to make many more interesting things :-).

[victorng]

The projector beam edges also interact with the smoke, distracting from the actual 3d projection being created.

[volumetricprojection]

@victorng Right, the contrast and residuals we have right now is very bad. But increasing the number of projectors makes each individual ray less visible, and after 100 projectors, the rays start becoming so dim as they are not visible at all.

[HPNguyen52]

Brilliant simplicity, just like the way mama used to make! But on a more serious note, it is indeed a very intriguing concept, it works well without conjuring up hundred thousand dollars aparatus, and they Shared with everyone? So I guess corporate people didn't like it?

[volumetricprojection]

@HPNguyen52 I guess I'll have to leave you wondering as to why we did this :-)

[abreups]

Confusing. I have no idea of what he is trying to do...

[shotox21]

@abreups He is experimenting, creating, learning, and sending a positive message! It's also a proof of concept, saying "Hey, if I can do this, imaging what some one with money and a team of people could do!". HAARP.

[volumetricprojection]

@shotox21 Thanks a lot for that comment :-). Spread the word!

[Nhurm]

Nice work !!!! Thanks for sharing,

[SuperDre74]

this is nothing new or special..

[phrenzy1]

Surely large numbers of pico projectors linked with relatively simple spatial awareness software should be straightforward? I would have thought that the difficult part will be producing in invisible medium to onto which you project the light I stead of opaque smoke...I suppose you could use thousands of highly focused light sources that would act as sub pixels that project straight lines of light that intersect with one another to form a bright point of light in space which would act as a sing

[volumetricprojection]

@phrenzy1 The projection-slice theorem is the proof, that just using a larger number of projections is all that is needed!

[Sammytise]

What if it's a process like silk screening?

You need a catalyst like smoke because you've only got one layer.

What if you added another group of projectors or some kind of focused light (lasers, perhaps) that gave you a better base to paint on?

[lesliekwan80]

I love giving and receiving.

[cjhatesu]

No duh is a product of fear.

42 people are the product of love.

25 people are the product of fear.

Jim Cunningham can help you.

[WolfCoder]

looks like a bad rave effect, i don't see anything

[gary7vn]

I can see many pron applications for this tech.

[ChildrenoftheCode]

Hello Marc et al,

I'm not up on the state of the art in this space so I am not going to comment on that. I did want to share that I really appreciate your good intentions. I wish you and your team all the best. - David

[volumetricprojection]

@ChildrenoftheCode Thanks for your kind words!!

[jonship]

Um, whats the difference between this and the TI spiral projector that has existed for over 20 years and works at HIGH resolution in full colour?

[volumetricprojection]

@jonship Would you be so kind as to contact me and send me a link to that projector?

[1naruse]

awesome vid!, music kinda crepy IMHO :) awesome job still! :D



[astund1]

Awesome project. I can see this being used in niche markets when refined...I wish you much success!

[volumetricprojection]

@astund1 We see applications in medical, in flight traffic control, and of course in entertainment.

[Dreamstalkers]

Excellent demonstration. With a game-changing technology, this could really have potential.

[galacticovergrow]

looks like smoke and mirror to me :P

[volumetricprojection]

@galacticovergrow I agree with that :-)))

[Zencyde]

Why does this demo not display it actually functioning? I'm unimpressed until then.

[flamingopie]

@Zencyde It's called proof of concept.

[Zencyde]

@flamingopie Then prove to me the concept.

[KingNast]

@Zencyde it's functioning on a very basic level. The first 2D television wasn't a 70" HDTV.. it took over 100 years to get to that point

[volumetricprojection]

@KingNast We could have waited a bit more and obtain better footage, but we were eager to get the message out!

[c0xb0x]

this is shit

[volumetricprojection]

@c0xb0x I'm sorry you think that.

[dehrman07]

This is fantastic! Very very cool. You are very lucky to get to work on such cool projects.