The holodeck is coming...

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From Slashdot:

obiquity writes "The Augmented Reality lab is at it again with an extension of their 'smart projector' methods. In 'Enabling View-Dependent Stereoscopic Projection in Real Environments' they demonstrate a method for point-of-view dependent 3-D image projection onto almost any surface using multiple projectors for VR/AR applications. There are still several problems that need to be solved, but how far off is this technology from a holodeck type implementation?"

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Star Trek devices have a history of becoming reality, instant communication over great distances in Star Trek was accomplished with a Communicator, in 2005 it is done with a cell phone.

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I forgot to post the links. Here they are:

http://www.uni-weimar.de/~bimber/research.php

http://www.uni-weimar.de/~bimber/gfx/research46_.jpg

Check out the bottom link for some really cool pictures.