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Texas Instruments' True Three Dimensional Display Device
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 05:01:53 -0500
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 93 06:09 GMT From: "Frank J. Ricotta, Jr." <0005513435 () mcimail com> To: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu> Subject: Fwd: Texas Instruments' True Three Dimensional Display Device Dave, Sounds interesting. Maybe folks on your distro list might have a need. Frank ----------------- Forwarded Message Date: Wed Nov 03, 1993 4:28 pm EST Source-Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 13:01:34 PST From: T E Clifton EMS: INTERNET / MCI ID: 376-5414 MBX: tclifton () charm isi edu Subject: Texas Instruments' True Three Dimensional Display Device REF: "Direct Volume Display Devices", T E Clifton III and F L Wefer, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol 13 # 4 (Jul 1993) pp 57-65 In the referenced article, Fred Wefer and I discussed the state-of-the-art in true three dimensional "direct volume" displays (including Texas Instruments' OmniVIEW display technology). These displays generate volumetric images in a volume, directly viewable from all angles by multiple users without the need for special glasses or other gear. The "DVDDs" are particularly well suited for applications involving visualization of three (or more) dimensional data where relative 3D position, 3D motion, and/or group collaboration is important. At the time of the article we concluded that, while existing displays have proven themselves in laboratory conditions, a commercially viable device would need to exhibit the following capabilities: - office environment operation, - commercially recognizable API, - many more voxels (on the order of 100,000 per world update), - flicker-free display, - image addressability on the order of 512x512x256, and - world update rate exceeding 10 Hz - multiple colors (at least three). Texas Instruments is on the brink of completing a precommercial prototype which meets or exceeds these capabilities for a small-quantities unit price in the range of an advanced graphics workstation. The challenge for TI is identifying if, in fact, there is a market out there for such a device. IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED IN THIS TECHNOLOGY, OR THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE A MARKET FOR SUCH A DISPLAY, PLEASE send an e-mail note back to Chris Spiegl at TI (spiegl () flopn2 dseg ti com), cc to Fred and I (fwefer () mitre org and tclifton () isi edu). We feel that TI is in the situation of IBM circa 1957's -> "The total worldwide demand for mainframes will never exceed 10 or 12 units" according to Tom Watson Sr then, and similarly the market for Direct Volume Displays does not yet exist. Appreciate your help in this matter. Feel free to forward this note to whom ever might be interested. Tip Clifton ________________________________ T E Clifton III, Capt, USAF Technology Initiatives Joint National Intelligence Development Staff tclifton () isi edu DSNET3 cliftte@nmic-mail.dodiis (301)763-3474 ________________________________
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