It is essentially a small monitor which projects 40 simultaneous images, which creates the 'hologram'. It's actually pretty impressive, there is a real sense of depth and parallax in the 3 inch deep glass. Although it seems unrelated to my research at the moment, I have been having fun setting up and playing the demos. Many of the demo apps utilize a leap motion control as well.
There is somewhat of a connection to be drawn here-- after all, it is a great display device for volumetric capture projects. There is a Unity SDK that is pretty much a plug & play set up-- drop the library in, and there is a bounding box drawn where you can build a scene. With the device plugged in, you can actually see your scene update on the device itself.
One of my goals this term is to strengthen/demonstrate an interactive design skillset, so I am keeping some ideas in the back of my mind for this device. I can see this display might be useful in museum/public art spaces. Its quite a spectacle to look at.
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