From: cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand)
Subject: Re: MISC: 3D volume imagery
Date: 13 Oct 1995 13:49:19 GMT
Message-ID: <45lqov$3nl@macondo.dmu.ac.uk>


Bill Saunders (bills@oz.net) wrote:
: Check out the latest Byte magazine they describe(no details) a
: currently selling system that can project 3D images up to 20 feet in
: diameter.  Love to see that guy in doom standing 20 feet tall :)

The system mentioned in BYTE (Oct 95, p48) does not create a volumetric
image. The article (basically an advert) is very misleading. 

I would expect this kind of system to be used maybe in point-of-sale
advertising, for novelty value, but I doubt that anyone's going to be
using it for CAD, say. 

Chris
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