3DIcon Achieves Historic Breakthrough in 3D Imaging
3DIcon Corporation, a development-stage technology company, announced the completion of a working prototype of its proprietary three-dimensional display system CSpace. With CSpace, 3DIcon's scientific team has created one-color volumetric 3D images that can be viewed from any angle without viewing aids. CSpace can project virtually any object in three dimensions, in an instant.
CSpace has achieved four significant breakthroughs in the history of 3D displays, including:
- The first 360-degree static volumetric 3D display;
- The first 3D display that does not have mechanical/moving parts;
- A unique system designed for scalability, making the technology suitable for a wide range of applications;
- The highest resolution of any 3D technology, capable of rendering up to eight times the voxels (800 million) compared to other volumetric 3D technologies and resulting in an increase in resolution comparable to that of today's high-definition televisions versus the early tube televisions.
3D display has been proven to improve accuracy and decrease human error significantly in mission-critical applications. CSpace opens multi-billion-dollar markets to the benefits of 3D display including military and homeland security needs, life-saving applications in medical diagnostics, geospatial applications for air traffic control and oil and gas exploration, as well as addressing large markets in entertainment, gaming and advertising.
"The unique design of our CSpace system, which uses Texas Instruments' microchip DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) technology, far surpasses other 3D display systems in its capacity for widespread acceptability and continuous improvement," said Vivek Bhaman, 3DIcon's president and chief operating officer. "The same micromirror technology is at the heart of DLP systems and is improving exponentially in processing power and resolution while decreasing in size and price. This gives our technology a huge advantage as it moves into the future."
CSpace is capable of creating 3D images from virtually any industry-standard 3D visualization program including a variety of popular CAD programs, 3ds Max, and the popular Google SketchUp. Designed as an extremely flexible system, CSpace is also compatible with Sony's GLV technology, which can be used to create large format outdoor laser displays.
The company's next technology milestone is demonstrating scalability by increasing the image space to four times the current volume in this prototype. Other upcoming milestones include further improving CSpace's render rates to create moving images, as well as displaying additional colors.
3DIcon's proprietary CSpace Volumetric Display System is a static-volume 3D display technology that does not require any special viewing aids like glasses. The system uses a clear volumetric image space, which serves as a 3D screen. The image space used in this prototype is a crystalline matrix with rare-earth up-conversion material. A 3D image is created when invisible laser beams are directed into the image space, exciting the up-conversion materials to create visible light and thus display a volumetric image. This prototype displays a one-color green image in three dimensions.
Creation of the CSpace 3D display system is the result of a multi-disciplinary approach which has included significant achievements in multiple fields including development of electronics, control systems, photonics and optical engineering. 3DIcon and its technology team will demonstrate the prototype technology to potential licensing and development partners as well as qualified members of the media.
Source: 3DIcon
