P3D flash-back

["Sergio Baldissara" <winter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Bill Costa -- Network Info Srvs <Bill.Costa@xxxxxxx>
>
>     Engineers at Manhattan-based Dimensional Media Associates (DMA)
>     are developing a new 3D display technology that may enable users
>     to teleconference in 3D or 'touch' goods for sale on the
>     Web.  Initial applications for the Multiplanar Volumetric Display
>     are in medical imaging, auto manufacturing and other high-end
>     tasks.  But prototypes of 3D displays are expected on desktops in
>     six months.  While today's graphics cards have 3D features, PC
>     Magazine points out the data is trapped inside the card and once
>     it travels to the monitor, it is squeezed onto a 2D surface.  So
>     the effect is simulated 3D.  DMA has come up with a way to free the
>     data so images don't just seem to float in space -- but actually
>     do.
>
>     For more, see:
>
>       http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2406495,00.html
>
> [EOM]
>
from http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/9707news-e/07243dd.html
"TOKYO, July 24, 1997 -- SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., maker of the world's
first commercially available non-glasses 3D displays... SANYO plans to show
the new display at the upcoming "Electronics Show '97", to be held at the
Makuhari Messe in Chiba from October 6 to October 10."
I found half a dozen such ads from different hardware producers, but never
saw a working device. As far as I know, the only goggle-free displays
already available are from http://www.dti3d.com/ ; the ads say they are also
affordable ($8,000-$15,000) & I wander what "expensive" would mean... did
anybody in the list see the results?