3D glasses? Regular TV in thin air? HAH! I want 3D TV that I can feel and smell!

[OCybrManO]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050819/tc_nm/japan_tv_dc

Fri Aug 19, 7:45 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Imagine watching a football match on a TV that not only shows the players in three dimensions but also lets you experience the smells of the stadium and maybe even pat a goalscorer on the back.

Japan plans to make this futuristic television a commercial reality by 2020 as part of a broad national project that will bring together researchers from the government, technology companies and academia.

The targeted "virtual reality" television would allow people to view high-definition images in 3D from any angle, in addition to being able to touch and smell the objects being projected upwards from a screen parallel to the floor.

"Can you imagine hovering over your TV to watch Japan versus Brazil in the finals of the World Cup as if you are really there?" asked Yoshiaki Takeuchi, director of research and development at Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

While companies, universities and research institutes around the world have made some progress on reproducing 3D images suitable for TV, developing the technologies to create the sensations of touch and smell could prove the most challenging, Takeuchi said in an interview with Reuters.

Researchers are looking into ultrasound, electric stimulation and wind pressure as potential technologies for touch.

Such a TV would have a wide range of potential uses.

It could be used in home-shopping programs, allowing viewers to "feel" a handbag before placing their order, or in the medical industry, enabling doctors to view or even perform simulated surgery on 3D images of someone's heart.

The future TV is part of a larger national project under which Japan aims to promote "universal communication," a concept whereby information is shared smoothly and intelligently regardless of location or language.

Takeuchi said an open forum covering a broad range of technologies related to universal communication, such as language translation and advanced Web search techniques, could be established by the end of this year.

Researchers from several top firms including Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp. are members of a committee that published an interim report on the project last month.

The ministry plans to request a budget of more than 1 billion yen to help fund the project in the next fiscal year starting in April 2006.

What will those crazy Japanese people think of next?

 

[Naudian]

*kills self*

:x

*kills self again just incase*

:x

 

[Sanius]

mmm..porn.

 

[CrazyHarij]

mmm..porn.

What every single man is thinking when reading this.

 

[clarky003]

pat them on the back you say?, smell them?, 3D? 2020?!!! ... I want my holodeck now!

 

[CyberPitz]

Now all we need is flying skateboards...........

Wait, already said that.

*Jumps in Delorian and heads to 88 MPH......

 

[15357]

mmm..pr0n.

 

[Skaadi]

Bring on the porn...................*laughs*

 

[CyberPitz]

Bring on the porn...................*laughs*

Shouldn't you be saying "Bring on the cooking channel!..."

 

[JellyWorld]

Shouldn't you be saying "Bring on the cooking channel!..."

*gasp* SEXIST!!!!!

how dare you deny a lady's right to jack off to porn.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

mmmm 3d star wars.

 

[CyberPitz]

*gasp* SEXIST!!!!!

how dare you deny a lady's right to jack off to porn.

Now I never said that. i'd love to see a lady masturbate to some porn:naughty:

 

[specialmax]

Mmmmmm Mmmmmm.

 

[ríomhaire]

Everyone hates me and it's my fault

I think that sums it all up nicly.

 

[spookymooky]

What the heck was that all about?

 

[ríomhaire]

What the heck was that all about?

A post that was deleted, I'll leave it up though unless the mods take it down.

 

[OCybrManO]

mmmm 3d star wars.

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that. Lucas (or his children) will, undoubtedly, release yet another "ultra mega extra super special edition" when this technology becomes mainstream... but before that he'll have to do a plain old "extra super special edition" when BluRay or HD-DVD becomes the standard... so we can watch his movies from the 70's in glorious HDTV resolutions.

 

[Vegeta897]

I cannot see how in the world it would be possible to be able to touch and feel something. What is stopping your hand from going through the object? There is nothing actually there, just a projection.

This just sounds like a bunch of "what if" and "wouldn't it be great" talk.

 

[OCybrManO]

This just sounds like a bunch of "what if" and "wouldn't it be great" talk.

... only with billions of yen thrown at the people saying "What if...?"

 

[evil^milk]

:| oh god, the future.

 

[clarky003]

you never know, they could of figured out how to project forcefields aswell... forcefields and photons, hardlight.. who knows.. maybe thats what they mean or maybe they just mean you can pretend to touch stuff... they also must of figured out how to transmit smell electronically.

 

[Vegeta897]

Well that just shows my lack of knowledge of technology. Hard light you say? Forcefields? Now that is sounding more realistic.

Can you say VIDEO GAMES with this kind of technology?

 

[OCybrManO]

* OCybrManO waits for the first person to mention Alyx's 3D boobs (starting now). *

 

[Pesmerga]

WGAT ABUT TEH ALYX"S THREE-D BOOBS?!!?: LO)LOLOLOLOL

Mmmmm porn

 

[Kamikazie]

ALYX'S 3/D BOOBS!! what do i get..


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

:vader:

DAMN YOU PESH! DAMN YOU!!

 

[Adidajs]

hell, even the ability to create smells would be badass. bring that one first.

a video game with smells. now that should be in the next next next generation consoles.

 

[Kamikazie]

hell, even the ability to create smells would be badass. bring that one first.

a video game with smells. now that should be in the next next next generation consoles.

there could be some wreaking oders that could be into a game (ex. 3 year old cheese...)

 

[specialmax]

Ah the smell of dead moldy bodys.

Sniff the headcrab BITCH!

 

[ríomhaire]

There would be an ad on every 5 minutes
"Do you like the smell of rotting fish..."

 

[Mr-Fusion]

If you can have smells then surely you can program it to release pheromones. So when you meet Alyx for the first time in half-life 2 she releases her raging pheromones, you could then get a boner. Then Alyx could look down at your pants and grin.

The Japanese truely understand the struggles of being a loser. Their technology is just fantastic Thankyou the Japanese.

 

[JellyWorld]

... only with billions of yen thrown at the people saying "What if...?"

A billion yen is around 10 million only.

 

[Kamikazie]

A billion yen is around 10 million only.

still thats a lot of money for the japs

 

[TheSomeone]

Shouldn't you be saying "Bring on the cooking channel!..."

Actually, I see a sudden rise in men watching the cooking channel when this comes out.

 

[spookymooky]

A post that was deleted, I'll leave it up though unless the mods take it down.

I was talking about the post, not the response.