Meet me on the holodeck…
May 4th, 2007 by Benjamin KuoWe recently posted an interview I did with Dan Lejerskar, Chairman of a firm in Irvine called EON Reality for our socalTECH Q&A interview section. After talking with Dan, I was impressed by the number of 3D technologies they have working in production–some of which I’ve heard numerous startups talking about working on, or trying to get funding from venture capitalists to develop.
They have a number of very interesting technologies: one is EON Human, software which takes any photo and extracts a 3D image and 3D model for use as an avatar. They have some videos posted which show this — here’s Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, George Bush, and Marilyn Monroe. With the interest in 3D virtual worlds, I think there will be a lot of interest in technology like this for people to create their own personal avatars–either of themselves or perhaps their favorite celebrity. They also have Touchlight, a user interface spun out of Microsoft (licensed from Microsoft’s IP Ventures licensing program), for navigating 3D images using your bare hands using gestures.
They even have a “holodeck” - a 3D projection system which uses stereoscopic active glasses, and sensors, to project 3D images onto the walls of a chamber to allow you to interact with a 3D world–to create objects you can “walk” around. Basically, your own Star Trek holodeck.
