Would anyone care to hypothesize as to how such a thing could be done. A hologram that a human could interact with. I need technical jargon for a science fiction story and it doesn't have to be terribly accurate but a theoretical possibility of what this technology might entail or even a believable sounding term for the technology and some technical sounding jargon associated with such a device. This question is for a creative scientific mind and you could have fun with it really and I'd give you credit (who knows, it could be a bestseller). Avoid terms such as "holodeck" I'm thinking along the lines of Playstation 22 in the year 2110. I know its too silly for you guys but you could have some fun with it. Thanks, Stacey
Google "interactive holograms" have a little scroll and you'll find a fair few proposed systems for doing what you described though usually to benifit the medical field. I'm afraid I know little of the subject myself and cannot post direct links so most of the information you'll need to grab from another on this site or through the pages that turn up in that search.
Good luck, hope to see your book on the shelves soon, if not in my hand.
Good luck, hope to see your book on the shelves soon, if not in my hand.
How about: "virtual nanoparticles, captured and suspended in channels in the air which have been ionised by coincident laser beams which create the hologram, giving the image itself the feeling of 'substance'"! lol
The device would work by having a 'cloud' of ultra-small particles where the hologram is projected. Invisible laser beams are shone into hologram; crossing laser beams resulting in an increase of energy. This energy is absorbed perfectly by the nano-particles, maintaining the temperature exactly as it is (or exactly as you want it) whilst also making the nano-particles join together in a kind of force-resistant plasma.
Make the lasers cross more where there are heavier bits and you can start to build up a 'mass-profile' of the image with the plasma...
Only a bit of fun but I hope it gives you some ideas...
The device would work by having a 'cloud' of ultra-small particles where the hologram is projected. Invisible laser beams are shone into hologram; crossing laser beams resulting in an increase of energy. This energy is absorbed perfectly by the nano-particles, maintaining the temperature exactly as it is (or exactly as you want it) whilst also making the nano-particles join together in a kind of force-resistant plasma.
Make the lasers cross more where there are heavier bits and you can start to build up a 'mass-profile' of the image with the plasma...
Only a bit of fun but I hope it gives you some ideas...
QUOTE (dodecaray+Jul 26 2007, 11:30 AM)
Would anyone care to hypothesize as to how such a thing could be done. A hologram that a human could interact with. I need technical jargon for a science fiction story and it doesn't have to be terribly accurate but a theoretical possibility of what this technology might entail or even a believable sounding term for the technology and some technical sounding jargon associated with such a device. This question is for a creative scientific mind and you could have fun with it really and I'd give you credit (who knows, it could be a bestseller). Avoid terms such as "holodeck" I'm thinking along the lines of Playstation 22 in the year 2110. I know its too silly for you guys but you could have some fun with it. Thanks, Stacey
If you're just interested in a sci-fi idea, you could describe it as a magnetic superfluid, operating as a 3 dimensional liquid crystal, normally optically transparent and providing no resistance to motion, when left in an unoriented, chaotic state but driven into aligning and forming crystalline structures in desired ways by focusing magnetic fields within it (a bit tricky if you were to attempt to truly define the entire 3-D volume by only using the 2-D surface surrounding it for control, but you could say that only the necessary surfaces of detectable objects were actually rendered in this way and that the 3-D depth of an object was just simulated as characteristics on those surfaces. So someone coming in and seeing things from a different perspective would just see various curved or flat surfaces surrounding the viewer(s). For multiple viewers, you'd need to either use two of these systems, or potentially cover all the surfaces ... multiuser interactive systems cost more $
)
For optics, you have a few possibilities - likely an easy one for a story would be that this material, when crystallized also acts as an optical "frequency doubler" and a group of infrared lasers scan through this material and excite it into emitting visible light (the infrared is felt as warmth for various simulations of temperature, the superfluid itself is cool/cold and without stimulation naturally simulates a cold environment).
Hearing could be performed by injecting pressure waves through this superfluid and could even provide some sensations of accompanying vibrations to sound.
For taste/smell these might just be a lower bandwidth electromagnetic field directly focus on the brain. (You might explain that it's not performed for all the senses in that manner because the visual system requires too high a bandwidth and the required focus of the fields is too difficult to achieve ... maybe to make it sound more realistic, you could say the machine usually doesn't get the sensations of taste and smell quite right, but it's only noticeable if you're paying some attention to it)
Oh, the superfluid should be oxygenated, or contain some oxygen carrying compound within it, so that someone could still breath. (Maybe use Helium 3 as the superfluid in a mixture with pure oxygen ... probably good enough for a sci-fi story)
Anyway, have fun.
If you're just interested in a sci-fi idea, you could describe it as a magnetic superfluid, operating as a 3 dimensional liquid crystal, normally optically transparent and providing no resistance to motion, when left in an unoriented, chaotic state but driven into aligning and forming crystalline structures in desired ways by focusing magnetic fields within it (a bit tricky if you were to attempt to truly define the entire 3-D volume by only using the 2-D surface surrounding it for control, but you could say that only the necessary surfaces of detectable objects were actually rendered in this way and that the 3-D depth of an object was just simulated as characteristics on those surfaces. So someone coming in and seeing things from a different perspective would just see various curved or flat surfaces surrounding the viewer(s). For multiple viewers, you'd need to either use two of these systems, or potentially cover all the surfaces ... multiuser interactive systems cost more $
)For optics, you have a few possibilities - likely an easy one for a story would be that this material, when crystallized also acts as an optical "frequency doubler" and a group of infrared lasers scan through this material and excite it into emitting visible light (the infrared is felt as warmth for various simulations of temperature, the superfluid itself is cool/cold and without stimulation naturally simulates a cold environment).
Hearing could be performed by injecting pressure waves through this superfluid and could even provide some sensations of accompanying vibrations to sound.
For taste/smell these might just be a lower bandwidth electromagnetic field directly focus on the brain. (You might explain that it's not performed for all the senses in that manner because the visual system requires too high a bandwidth and the required focus of the fields is too difficult to achieve ... maybe to make it sound more realistic, you could say the machine usually doesn't get the sensations of taste and smell quite right, but it's only noticeable if you're paying some attention to it
)Oh, the superfluid should be oxygenated, or contain some oxygen carrying compound within it, so that someone could still breath. (Maybe use Helium 3 as the superfluid in a mixture with pure oxygen ... probably good enough for a sci-fi story)
Anyway, have fun.
Hello dodecaray
I believe the correct terminology for what you wish to describe is "Techno-gibberish" techincal sounding terms or descriptions for imaginary technical devices, processes or materials. As for what you asked for..consider the following..
"Holo-real acoustic projection" A projected holographic image that can be felt as well as seen... also known as "A Primage" short for "physically real image"...the development of which led to the now famous advertising slogan in 2092..
"Is it real... or is it HOLO-REAL?
"Holo-real projector" Actually a "Holo-real acoustic projector".. but most people just say "The Holo" when referring to the projector itself. The projector produces an acoustically mirrowed holographic image.. the acoustic mirrors allow the holo image to have surface tension just like real objects. The technology making the acoustic mirrors possible was the development in 2075 of the first "Inverse Tera-quad Bionic Processor" by the Brazilian inventor Juan Michellos.
"Inverse Tera-quad Bionic Processor" etc..etc..
Good luck
I believe the correct terminology for what you wish to describe is "Techno-gibberish" techincal sounding terms or descriptions for imaginary technical devices, processes or materials. As for what you asked for..consider the following..
"Holo-real acoustic projection" A projected holographic image that can be felt as well as seen... also known as "A Primage" short for "physically real image"...the development of which led to the now famous advertising slogan in 2092..
"Is it real... or is it HOLO-REAL?
"Holo-real projector" Actually a "Holo-real acoustic projector".. but most people just say "The Holo" when referring to the projector itself. The projector produces an acoustically mirrowed holographic image.. the acoustic mirrors allow the holo image to have surface tension just like real objects. The technology making the acoustic mirrors possible was the development in 2075 of the first "Inverse Tera-quad Bionic Processor" by the Brazilian inventor Juan Michellos.
"Inverse Tera-quad Bionic Processor" etc..etc..
Good luck
if you're thinking more along the lines of a Playstation 22 and less along the lines of a "Holodeck" then one way to go would be some kind of direct neuro stimulation....after all, every human physical sensation uses electrical nerve impulses before even getting to the brain to be processed and recognized as anything from a cloud 5000 feet above you to a mosquito buzzing in your ear to a kiss on the neck.
And already they have games which measure brain waves for game playing input, so even now virtual reality is beginning the process of by-passing the peripheral nervous system and working directly with the central nervous system.
cheers and good luck
And already they have games which measure brain waves for game playing input, so even now virtual reality is beginning the process of by-passing the peripheral nervous system and working directly with the central nervous system.
cheers and good luck
QUOTE (dodecaray+Jul 26 2007, 11:30 PM)
Would anyone care to hypothesize as to how such a thing could be done.
Try suspending all grasp of reality by indulging in too many mind bending drugs while watching too much star trek and only associating with other hard core trekkies.
Try suspending all grasp of reality by indulging in too many mind bending drugs while watching too much star trek and only associating with other hard core trekkies.
Hello dodecaray, et al.
How about this.
You would have to accept M-bane theories in your "world". Matter would exist on the interface between M-branes. Particles are the result of harmonic energy transfer across the interface, where the energy follows a helical path. Electric monopoles on this side and magnetic monopoles on the other. EM radiation (light) follows a linear path, electric to magnetic and back to electric fields across the same interface. So for solid light you need to induce a helical path in the interface that causes the light to form a vortex. Just make sure the vortex has a spin of over two since particles have spins less than this amount.
How you induce the vortex I leave up to you.
How about this.
You would have to accept M-bane theories in your "world". Matter would exist on the interface between M-branes. Particles are the result of harmonic energy transfer across the interface, where the energy follows a helical path. Electric monopoles on this side and magnetic monopoles on the other. EM radiation (light) follows a linear path, electric to magnetic and back to electric fields across the same interface. So for solid light you need to induce a helical path in the interface that causes the light to form a vortex. Just make sure the vortex has a spin of over two since particles have spins less than this amount.
How you induce the vortex I leave up to you.
Have you considered some type of material with ''smart memory?'' You could use nanobots for the extremely technical side of it, and they could be programmed to shape and form a corporeal-like body, whilst still maintaining a holographic interior.
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