Sony has big plans, like giant hologram monsters

by Nick Doerr { Feb 5th 2008 at 9:30PM }

It's finally happening: Sony is developing hologram technology. Just check out the above video, where the fog/vapor/whatever from a lake is used to create a truly haunting 3D image of everyone's favorite lake monster. At least, we think there's some fog. If there isn't, we have no idea how this was done. But we need them mass-produced and put in every lake around the world. Just for fun.

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Tags: hologram, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Schoolimangooli @ Feb 5th 2008 9:43PM

buh.. b....... I so amazed!

James Gnann @ Feb 5th 2008 9:43PM

PS3 needs one of those.

kingofwale @ Feb 5th 2008 9:45PM

Next Yu-gi-Oh game please?

no offense to Eye of Judgment, but Yu-Gi-Oh has a much bigger fanbase and is MADE for this type of games

dartmerc @ Feb 5th 2008 9:52PM

But 9 year olds can't afford PS3s...

Tristan @ Feb 5th 2008 10:23PM

Yeah one more step and then we will have Duel Disc Systems and Duel Monsters games. ZOMG the possibility is endless. I hope it does happen.

Ranus Studios @ Feb 5th 2008 9:55PM

Neat.

What's the angle tolerance on that? I mean, what angles can you view it from before it's just light in your face?

Tony @ Feb 5th 2008 9:56PM

Imagine the possibilities... I would buy just go be able to prank my friends (as long as they didn't know this existed :P).

JaseH @ Feb 5th 2008 10:05PM

It's amazing how far us humans have come, as to what were able to do.

Just amazing.

Sony, you've done great.

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Jumbo @ Feb 5th 2008 10:47PM

whats this "us" crap?? you didn't do a thing.

yomama07024 @ Feb 6th 2008 3:45PM

You mean how far "we humans have come"?

#21 @ Feb 5th 2008 10:19PM

mmmmm holographic scantily clad women next please!

dave @ Feb 5th 2008 10:36PM

It looks great, although this effect has actually been around for years. It's technically not a hologram, as It's a fine screen of water sprayed into the air, and then a laser image projected onto that screen. Very similar to how a television works. I've seen the effect in Darling Harbour in Sydney, although not on this scale.

mezzanine @ Feb 5th 2008 11:14PM

I saw it at Disneyland!

fuliano626@psn @ Feb 5th 2008 11:16PM

yeah but is it 1080p?

JayD-1K @ Feb 6th 2008 7:02AM

lmao!
that might have been 1080h2oP!

DrunkRaba @ Feb 6th 2008 12:05AM

that stuff is awesome, wish they did those randomly over here

shortyvs @ Feb 6th 2008 12:25AM

That's pretty freakin sweet. I hope it's a true hologram (whatever that is).

Immunoman @ Feb 6th 2008 12:45AM

I don't see how that's going to fit into my room.

Popfrogs @ Feb 6th 2008 12:53AM

Actually packaging is a big part of this technology. It doesn't take much to have a projector running a video and some fine water mist sprayed into the air.

It reminded me of a prototype screen I saw before that used a small projector and a carbon dioxide bar that trickled out "smoke". As the smoke fell from the bar it formed a sheet of gas that the image was projected onto. Pretty neat.

Consolcwby @ Feb 6th 2008 1:56AM

Now, if only they'd do Godzilla... as a prank! =D I'd pay real money to see that happen!

Rode @ Feb 6th 2008 4:02AM

Could it be Fogscreen:

http://www.fogscreen.com/en/

JaseH @ Feb 6th 2008 5:52AM

Yeah, it's fog. I seen something like this on a TV show called "Beyond Tomorrow"... where they had these signs with a fine fog screen from top to bottom... an dyou could walk through it.

Its really not fine "prayed water" as some say.

It's just fog, you can barely feel it.

Sony's just expanded on this & made the effect larger.

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Khaliel @ Feb 6th 2008 7:57AM

If you look at the japanese documentary about this hologram (on youtube too), you would know there is no fog, it's laser made (as all 3D hologram till now) it's 15 meters in height, and it's the very first 3D hologram of this size (the max size for a full 3D laser hologram was 30 centimeters till now). So you can watch it from any angle, it's 3D, it always has a full shape, with a front, back, and sides (so depends from where you watch it, you never see it from front, you can be on the other side of the river and so see the back, or be on the bridge and see the side). Oh and it's used as commercial for "The Water Horse" movie.

By the way, making a 30cm laser 3D hologram is easy, many company propose now to make a 3D version of yourself for just $40. You can then offer it to anyone. You can choose between red or blue laser, and so have a reproduction of yourself in 30cm in 3D in your room ^^. You don't need anything else to watch out (like fog :P). Just take the base, turn on the hologram, and you appear ^^.