Scott Fisher: Immersive 3D TV

Almost 77 years after the first demo of stereo TV in 1928 by John Baird,
Baird stereotv3.GIF

there's evidence of a strong resurgence of interest and research in immersive TV:

"The Japanese Government is quietly throwing huge financial and technical weight into the development of three-dimensional,virtual reality television",reports the Times.It "has obtained an interim report from the Communications Ministry’s "Universal Communications" study group detailing the work in progress.Three-dimensional images apart,the ministry wants to develop the ability to send thousands of different odours through the new television to enhance the sense of reality.Its plans also call for the "recreation of tactile sensations",a hitherto elusive concept that would give viewers the ability to reach out and "feel" what they were seeing.Current projects are working on electrical stimulation for the fingers, ultrasound and air pressure".

From The Times Online (via smartmobs):
3-D TV will let you watch, sniff and feel the big game

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Sounds like a cross between Helig's "Sensorama" and Bradbury's "The Feelies". Cool stuff, true "Tele-presence" as you would have it, Scott.

Could this be the holideck we dream of?

Posted by: SEDinehart | August 24, 2005 12:22 PM

here is a pdf of the document about this agenda, titled "Towards a Ubiquitous Society Through Universal Communications". Beautiful.

Posted by: kellee | August 31, 2005 4:03 PM

that link doesn't seem to work, here's the url:
http://www.wsis-japan.jp/doc_pdf/D-18DrNagao.pdf.

Wow - "total interdevice harmony" is upon us...

Posted by: sfisher | August 31, 2005 4:25 PM

just having been thinking why 3D cinema(film, TV)has been out of mainstream theatre for so many years...while seems come alive recently.

Posted by: yuechuan | August 31, 2005 6:03 PM

Ah, yes, John Logie Baird, pioneer of mechanical television and that other necessity for chilly Scottish mornings, the "undersock."

Posted by: Tracy Fullerton | August 31, 2005 6:59 PM

kellee, something might be wrong with the link "here"

Posted by: yuechuan | August 31, 2005 8:53 PM

yuechuan - you have to copy and paste the link from the comment below it. i don't know why "here" didn't work.

Posted by: kellee | August 31, 2005 11:42 PM

Scott Fisher

Immersive 3D TV

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