Holographic Projections Using Sixth Sense
Nikhil Nadiger, Aditya D. Bhat · 2013
Abstract: In the age of communicating even the trivial of things via social networks and texts, we have come across a time where the very nature of human interaction can be revolutionized. All of us visualize a time depicted in the classic movie “Star Wars ” where holographic projections are the means of communication. Taking a step towards the visualization, this paper proposes combining two technologies viz., Sixth Sense and Holographic projection to achieve a more efficient and versatile projection system. Sixth Sense is a wearable gesture interface developed by Pranav Mistry. This integrates the real and the digital world. Simple devices like cameras, mouse sensors etc are used to create an interface and digitalize the world around us. Holography is a technique that enables a light field, which is generally the product of a light source scattered off objects, to be recorded and later reconstructed when the original light field is no longer present, due to the absence of the original objects. If we combine Sixth Sense technology's ability to map human physical movements onto a digital interface (say computer) and the ability of holoprojectors to realize digital data into physical projections, a class of projections can be achieved which can imitate every movement of a human. The obvious application of this proposal is in communication. Even the entertainment industry can greatly benefit. In conclusion, this class of projections can reach integrity and efficiency levels which current systems can never do owing to physical