Monday, August 24, 2009

Various Technological Updates

Some very cool ideas shown at SIGGRAPH 2009, including touchable holography, augmented reality for ordinary toys, hyper-realistic virtual reality, 3D teleconferencing and scratchable input:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/23940/?a=f

I can especially see serious potential for the hyper-realistic VR for not just games, but business meetings and even casual interactions.

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