Thin panel-type device developed, forms 3D images
We have talked about 3D imaging here, here, and here earlier too. Now, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), in collaboration with Kobe University have developed a thin-panel type device that is capable of displaying 3D images in the air. The new 3D display technology doesn't make use of any special optical system other than itself as in holography. The device boasts color image production and delivers transparent reflected images.
The process of displaying the 3D image of any object is too easy. All you need to do is to place the object under a glass table and place the device over the table. When you will take a look from any side, the object will seem to be flowing in the air above the device.
An NICT spokesperson further said that a 3D image of a human being can also be created if the size of the device in enlarged. Mechanism of this image production is the same as that of mirror reflection. The device has been developed by forming a 100 μm-thick Ni layer on a glass plate and punching a lot of 100 μm square holes in it.
The most interesting part is that we don't need to have technical know-how about wave engineering like holography.
Via: techon
