Samsung unveils World’s First Full Gesture-Sensing Hologram

July 23, 2009 - 4:08 am | 158 views

Technology.am (July 23, 2009) — D’strict, Samsung Ventured global user-experience (UX) design consultancy, unveiled the world’s first full gesture sensing hologram at shows launching Samsung Electronics’ touch-screen multi-media ‘JET’ handset, held on June 15th simultaneously in London, Singapore, Dubai and June 30th in China.

They’re saying it as the “world’s first”–but it’s not. Obscura Digital has built an interactive holographic display some time ago.

The JET presentation provided massive hologram product features that appeared, moved freely and vanished according to motions of the moderators’ hands, combining a gesture sensing technology that recognizes hand movements from IR rays with the capabilities of hologram presentation and content design.

This project is a fairly straight forward graft of 3-D technology and infrared motion sensing onto a translucent screen. But the results are impressive for their total immersion, though you can tell there’s a slgnificant lag between gesture and response.

The gang at D’strict has also developed a cabinet that includes motion sensing, in addition to two displays: One hologram projector on top that’s basically nothing more than signage, and a plain-vanilla 3-D panel on the bottom.

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