Wait! Before you rush out to Best Buy to replace your still-kinda-new high-def flat-screen TV with a not-quite-ready-for-primetime 3DTV, take a moment to consider what comes next: holographic TV viewing. Should you hold out and wait?Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology are preparing for a public demonstration of hologram video in Tokyo in October. The researchers estimate that the system will require the processing power of four computers plus three LCDs and and optical lasers, as well as “a thousand times or more resolution than current high-definition systems”. So the consumer-ready version is unlikely to show up at your local electronics store for 15 to 20 years.
Okay, now you can rush out and purchase that 3DTV you’ve been craving, knowing that you have at least 15 years to enjoy wearing goggles before it feels outdated. Enjoy!
Here’s the link to the Variety story:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021864.html?categoryid=2526&cs=1
3 responses so far ↓
1 Derek // Aug 1, 2010 at 3:39 pm
This is one of those products that sounds cool, gets the geek crowd all excited but ultimately will leave most consumers asking “why do I want that?”
Do I really want a holographic (or 3D) version of Larry King, Sarah Palin (shudder) or variety act from “America’s Got Talent” in my family room? No. And I doubt most people would either. Then again, “Shark Week” might be kinda cool….
I would imagine that the learning curve to use this technology is going to be pretty steep. And most people aren’t going to have the time, patience or will to figure it out.
There are still plenty of regular folks out there trying to figure out how to work the DVD player, sort out their privacy settings on Facebook, or even learn how to use the Internet. No, really it’s true.
So yes. It’s very cool technology. But are consumers ready for it? Not so much.
2 michael // Apr 4, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Well Derek. In you 20 something years on this earth you certainly haven’t learned that if consumers didn’t rise to innovations in technology, then new technology wouldn’t be developed as quickly. I am 68 years old, thats old I said. I can tell you Derek that I owned a Comodore 64, a Fat Mac and one of the first PCs. I am a consumer, not a techie or an IT guy. I probably won’t be around when holographics hit the home front, but it will be exciting. When it is fully developed, you will see the theater from inside the scene. What an experience.
i hope you are around to see it.
3 cris // Jun 8, 2011 at 5:08 am
Who cares bout it??? The young people!!!!! And yes some very mature (old) people who actually have the time nd patience to understand today’s technology. If you think bout it, with a BIG IF, you walk in the mall or go to the movies all you see are kids on cellphones, ipods, psp’s, nintendo ds’s, nd ect. Sure the stuff the come out with aint outdated or old but its the fact that there’s something better and just came out. People don’t care if the nintendo ds is still in. What they care bout is that there’s an nintendo ds 3d! Whether it works with flaws or it works fine they want it! Its just the generation of technology! Well time to play some ps3 on my not old nd working fine 32” lcd tv
Leave a Comment