Re: SIGGRAPH '97

[P3D Lawrence W Kaufman <kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Dan Shelley wrote:
 
> 1. From another list I am on: "INFINITY Multimedia will be showcasing a
> 25-inch, no-glasses 3D display at the SIGGRAPH '97 convention later this
> week, in Los Angeles. The autostereo system will initially be introduced
> in arcade and film ride products, followed by the release of multimedia
> monitors and televisions. The trackerless, 28-view monitor permits
> viewers to move their heads around the object and still see the image,
> and an additional feature allows for a second viewer to see a different
> set of 3D images on the whole screen simultaneously. INFINITY also plans
> to soon introduce a 50-inch version. http://www.infinitymultimedia.com "

I wish that I had had more time to spend at SIGGRAPH '97! 
I missed a lot. There was a lot of 3D to enjoy. In addition
to Infinity, who licensed their display from Steve Hines at
HinesLab (for 3 markets out of 10). Dimension Technologies 
Inc. displayed their DTI2012 Virtual Window a 12.1" TFT LCD unit.
http://www.dti3d.com

Chromtek, Inc had a large display area of all their ChromoDepth
tie-ins from Wendy's comic books to 3D Tennis shoes for kids.
http://www.chromatek.com
The lenticular company Depthography had some very nice examples
http://www.depthography.com 
(Art)n Laboratory also had some great linticulars.
http://www.artn.nwu.edu
(AleXAnticular, sorry you missed them). 
Pyramid Systems(SM), Inc. had the CAVE(TM) set up in a tent.
A fully immersive experimental environment.
http://www.pyramidsystems.com
Intergraph Corporation, http://www.intergraph.com/ics
3D Planet, http://www.3dplanet.com
MuSE Technologies, Inc. (MTI)
http://www.musetech.com
Vision International, http://www.vision-int.com
MultiGen, Inc., http://www.mulitgen.com 
and n-vision, http://www.nvis.com
all had 3D demos.

Odyssey Productions (Mind's Eye) is interested in pursuing
stereo if they could sell it. http://www.odyssey3d.com 
The RealEyes 3D company is buying stereoscopic video!

The Virtual Binoculars (available from nvision) where
set up at one booth with headtracking 3D images of mars.
You could hold the binoculars and look around, just as
if you were on Mars.  

Thanks for the time,
Lawrence Kaufman
*(NEW)* email address
mailto:kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx   
SCSC website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~campfire/index.html


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