In the mean time, see how Gene is doing: ----
Monday June 9 7:00 AM EDT
Company Press Release
Source: Floating Images, Inc.
Improved 'Air Floater(TM)' to be Demonstrated at E3
3-D Technology Produces 7-Cubic Foot Images Floating in Air Without Requiring Glasses
WESTBURY, N.Y., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Floating Images, Inc. will demonstrate its latest Air Floater(TM) 3-D imager on
June 19-21 at E3 in Atlanta. Its newest improvements in its 3-D imaging technology produces crisp, bright, colorful images 7
cubic feet in size that hover in thin air and require no viewing apparatus. The new advanced prototype can be used to display
animated or video images, and is intended for point-of-purchase and video arcade markets.
According to Floating Images President and CEO Gene Dolgoff, ``This latest prototype incorporates several improvements:
better resolution, wider viewing angles, higher contrast, and lower cost than Air Floaters we developed only a few months ago.
Given the rapid progress we are making with these Floaters, I expect to see some of them in commercial settings before the
end of the year.''
The Real-Depth(TM) technology delivers 3-D images to the naked eye in natural viewing comfort. Unlike all other 3-D
systems, viewers employ no glasses. Instead of relying on left eye/right eye stereoscopic techniques, Real-Depth creates
images that vary in distance from viewers. This method uses depth to create a natural 3-D environment. In addition, there is an
absence of eyestrain and headaches that can be experienced with stereoscopic and autostereoscopic techniques.
Creating content to run on a Floater is fairly easy. Existing video or computer generated graphics can be reformatted. In
essence, images must be separated into foreground and background scenes. These scenes are displayed independently and
then recombined and projected to float in the air. Conventional 3-D graphics techniques, such as sizing, occlusion, shadowing
and so forth, can also be used to augment the realism of images on Floaters.
The company also has developed an inexpensive (under $80 retail) adapter that can turn ordinary TVs or PC monitors into
Real-Depth viewers. Home entertainment games, which can run in Real-Depth mode, are now under development and are
expected to reach the market in 1998.
Floating Images, Inc. is a privately held company dedicated to bringing real 3-D technology to homes, businesses, public
information points and entertainment centers. Company co-founders and Real-Depth inventors Gene Dolgoff and Lou Tullo
invented the holographic printing process common on credit cards, and Dolgoff established and took public Projectavision
Inc., an advanced display systems company.
SOURCE: Floating Images, Inc.
Contact: Carole Foryst of Floating Images, Inc., 516-338-5000, or foryst@floatingimages.com, or www.floatingimages.com |
