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Toshiba Develops Breakthrough 3D Modeling
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND: Researchers at Toshiba’s U.K. facility have come up
with a relatively simple yet highly accurate 3D modeling method, Silicon.com reports. The human face is
particularly problematic when it comes to 3D modeling; it was one of the finer
points upon which James Cameron expended hefty resources for “Avatar.”
Toshiba’s model involves using green, red and blue lights fixed in different
positions in a dark room, and capturing the subject with a single camera. The
technology is a breakthrough for gaming and portends far more realistic avatars
than are now available. It’s also expected to be used in movies to model
actors.
Scientists at Toshiba unveiled wallpaper TV last year, a technology using
nano-grating to get more illumination from organic-light-emitting diode display
technology. They developed gesture-controlled TV a few years back as well. The
company is among several consumer electronics manufacturers planning to
introduce 3DTVs to the market this year.
February 24, 2009: “Toshiba Develops
Wallpaper TV”
OLED wall covering could be used for anything from a video display to a
source of ambient lighting. While the technology is nowhere near the point of
being a retail product, the scientific advances continue nonetheless. Scientists
in Japan have created a OLED capable of producing 3D images through the use of
circularly polarized light.
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