plime.com : Stanford camera chip can see in 3D

Most folks think of a photo as a two-dimensional representation of a scene. Stanford University researchers, however, have created an image sensor that also can judge the distance of subjects within a snapshot. picked by mutil8or 11 months ago

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9	Skippii

11 months ago

Ummm...
Wouldn't be be better off to first invent 3D computer screens, or 3D paper, or....ANYTHING that might have a use for this technology?
It's cool, but does it have ANY real applciation in the next 20 years?

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9	extc68

11 months ago

« Skippii:Ummm...Wouldn't be be better off to first invent 3D computer screens, or 3D paper, or....ANYTHING that might have a use for this technology?It's cool, but does it have ANY real applciation in the next 20 years?

Why so negative? This is just the next step in imaging technology. Imagine combining this with existing 3D displaying technology or even head tracking using the Wii remote by Johnny Chung Lee and the possibilities become (near) endless..

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