November 29, 2004

The SeeLinder - a cylindrical three-dimensional colour television that can be viewed from any angle. From Laputan Logic
posted by Nostrildamus 20 years ago
  • Weird. But cool!
  • can be viewed from any angle So if I decide to look at it from above... or below (which is more frequently the case)...
  • Somebody's being a tad pedantic... :p
  • I'd like to view one of these in person. An interesting link, Nostril, thanks.
  • I trust we all know whose blog Laputan Logic is. Great blog it is, too.
  • "Kiss me, Hardy!" "Kiss yer what?"
  • Maybe I've watch too many films, but my first thought when I saw the head in the tube was "there is no Sanctuary"...
  • If we're really being pedantic, then the TV may indeed be viewed from any angle. The picture, on the other hand, may not.
  • The name may need some work. It sounds like something from an old Abbott & Costello skit: "'See Linda'? I don't even know her!"
  • I've always wondered why there is no true three-dimensional television. Is it truly impossible to selectively cause photons to emit from a predesignated point in space? I've always pictured a grid of scanning lasers that ionize a gas where the rays intersect. Guess I'd better get working on that patent, eh?
  • It's not impossible to create a 3-D viewing screen, in fact there are myriad designs. The problem is how to *film* something from all angles.
  • Actually, Nostrildamus, I don't think that is a problem. You can extrapolate all possible angles from just a few cameras. They are doing this for pro football broadcasts now. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/super/2001-01-23-matrix.htm#more I think this is the problem: If the 33 cameras costing $20,000 apiece, DVD technical backup and 90,000 feet of fiber-optic cable operate as hoped Sunday..
  • View Morphing might be the way to do it with only a few cameras.
  • I think the problem is how do you direct a 3d film? If they are in a dark alley, how do you show the alley with obscuring most of the view. If they're in a car, how do you show the car? How do you show the mountains in the background? etc...
  • There's something about 3-D that endlessly fascinates. The 3-D Viewmaster, red & blue anaglyphs, magic stereograms, hologram book covers, lenticular photos, on & on. Wonderful.