One Step Closer To A Holodeck: Eon's ICube
Eon's ICube uses a combination of stereo projectors, stereoscopic glasses, motion tracking position trackers, and 3-6 walls that wrap scenes around their corners to give users the illusion of a "complete sense of presence" in a displayed virtual world.
The system also supports peripherals like force feedback devices, a gesture dataglove, and a wireless wand that looks like a power drill or a Romulan disruptor. Multiple users can walk around the setup at the same time, provided they all have their own pair of glasses. Here's a recent video of IDEO Labs taking the ICube for a spin (and almost falling over while trying it out):
[via Technabob]
Comments
Wow, that is like MAJOR cool!
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Posted by: Jhn Colon | April 26, 2009 6:49 PM
I've been in this (exact same 3d level/map as well), but it was called the HIVE http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/29437479.html
It is very sweet technology, but I would not recommended trying it if you suffer from vertigo or motion sickness.
Posted by: thinkobscure | April 26, 2009 9:42 PM
What is it different from a CAVE? (apart from the fact that CAVE has it's own wiki page ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Automatic_Virtual_Environment
Posted by: Pitr | April 26, 2009 10:25 PM
Have a look at their website:
Unlike the older generation CAVE®, the EON ICUBE is easy to use even for non programmers, provides an unsurpassed speed of immersive content creation and deployment, utilizes a new light enhancing rigid wall material, and has built-in collaborative capabilities.
Posted by: theMEsh | April 27, 2009 1:33 AM
That's just EON's marketing department at work. The ICUBE is a CAVE. A minimal 4-wall ICUBE costs about $170,000.
Posted by: caveman | June 3, 2009 7:29 AM