Voxon VX1 3D Volumetric Display - Demonstration

[@jayjoonprod]

This is actually much cooler than I expected, thanks to all the creative content developed to run on the platform. Nice work, Voxon!

[@Voxonphotonics]

Much appreciated!

[@Cybo-Man]

The surface of the dome needs to be touch sensitive to allow for rotating and zoom.

[@Neolte]

That sounds like an awesome idea. Right now the dome's function is just to protect people from touching the moving screens.

[@leonmanetana7987]

Holy crap, THIS

[@foxpup]

Oh!! The joy of fingerprints. :-) - still a good idea, though. :-)

[@EragoEntertainment]

@@foxpup just make it gestures with something like kinect or leap motion type of control.

[@armr6937]

@@foxpup Minority Report style gloves would sort you out. Put the jacket in too for good measure.

[@andrellethompson1402]

How am I just hearing about this?

[@oingpla]

And me? this is awesome!

[@komradkyle]

Love it, I used to work on Holographic prints with full 3D parallax. This is way beyond that.

[@foxpup]

Wow!!! This is actually respectable. I wish you success in marketing this ,Voxon. :-)

[@pixelasm]

4:36 good to hear you are further developing your Unity SDK. After all hardware will only sell if there is software and developers available. So taking into account the leverage of the big Unity community makes it more viable for vendors to invest I suppose.

[@Voxonphotonics]

Hey thanks, yes loving our latest Unity plugin updates - now working really well... Here's our latest blog and video tutorial for our Unity plugin voxon.co/unity-plugin-update-opens-floodgates-for-vx1-content-creation/

[@crackwitz]

I'm hearing a hum/buzz. is there a vacuum in the dome to allow the screen to move more easily? do we hear the vacuum pump or is that vibration translating through the body of the device?

[@marckerger]

dont you feel the box vibrating? noise?

[@jackwest3282]

Wonder if they will be able to take movies and display them on this kind of holo display.

[@Juke172]

0:29 so it's a display that just moves up and down really fast. clever.

[@Luka1180]

Yes. So doesn't seem like a true volumetric display. Not exactly. But it's the clearest kind of hologram we can get that is this big.

[@Juke172]

​@@Luka1180 What is a TRUE volumetric display? I don't really know because it seems to be so new term. I guess you mean a TRUE hologram, with just light particles in the air creating the 3D image. This kinda volumetric display might have few flaws: you can't see the display from lower angles below the screen side, second being if you put your hand in there it might hurt either you or the display. But I think his is something new and maybe useful for visualizing 3D objects better in real space.

[@emanu1674]

WHAAATTTTT WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE

[@Voxonphotonics]

tell your friends :)

[@epicspaces9434]

me too, it should replace computers. I hope so.

[@nixtoshi]

Love it, very clever design.

[@brrrrrr]

The map one is SO COOL

[@BigYabai]

How is this effect achieved? Is the image projected onto the glass, or is there some sort of gas within the dome that the image is projected through?

[@Voxonphotonics]

No gas. We project around 4000 slices of a 3D scene every second onto a diffuser screen. The volume is "3D printed" using light 30 times per second.

[@DanielWolf555]

the objects are all kind of transparent. do you think it will be possible in the future to have a display that can make solid objects?

[@hustlemanonyaass2137]

I imagine it could become more solid looking with brighter lighting and a higher rpm of the display going up and down

[@DanielWolf555]

@@hustlemanonyaass2137 but with a brighter display the objects behind another object will also be brighter 😀

[@DMTRVK]

This looks amazing 🤩

[@DJGearBolt]

Only cost $10,000

[@krishnavsaikia9841]

Hello..!..Suppose that glass box is very big nd I am under that box..Now can I see those holograms..?... Please reply....

[@vanessatrinh9793]

Yes

[@edk.2045]

Woah! It's a hologram!

[@howdareyoudissmycheese9249]

tru

[@VanillaMidgetSSBM]

I may be skimming, but I notice a lot of the Volumetric Displays have a Dome around them, is that to reflect light around the dome or to restrict it to a certain region? What would it look like without the dome?

[@Voxonphotonics]

Hi, the dome is just there to protect the screen. We are moving a screen at high speed and projecting 4000 images per second and synchronising the images noto the screen as it moves. When people see it, they just want to put their fingers in to 'touch the hologram' but they don't realise there's a screen there. It works well without the dome and there's then no light being reflected off the top. We usually leave the dome on though when in a public space. Hope this helps to clarify...

[@lefevrejulien123]

How does this actually works ? Could it work outside the dome ?

[@Arun-MM]

They move a 2d screen up and down really fast and create a 3D image layer by layer. It works without a dome, but if you touch it, you'll lose your hand.

[@crazysapertonight]

@@Arun-MM but how you can move screen so fast?

[@mgord9518]

@@Arun-MM If that's how it works then it's probably also in a vacuum and pushing so hard against the air would ruin it

[@Apeinator3D]

Is there anyway we see some footage of the volumetric display in a Virtual Reality video (VR 180 camera) so we can see with htc vive or occulus as though we were there in the room? Please. The device is really cool!!

[@Voxonphotonics]

Anh Nguyen that’s a great idea. We’ll see if we can find a stereo camera .

[@mgord9518]

Does it support anything besides Windows?

[@kurniaprimaputra1313]

From all these demo, I see two things that could be added to this system... first is why not user interact by touching the dome? the expensive solution could be capacitive dome or optical cameras inside the dome with synced shutter speed.. cheapest would be camera outside the dome (maybe better if above the dome).. second, due to persistence of vision, everything here seems transparent.. sometimes occlusions are necessary for observations or puzzle type games.. I dunno if my idea works but instead of using flat screen, how about try using textured screen which restrict the reflection angle of each voxels.. I imagine it's like bubble wraps but tiny concave dots.. It might require multiple projectors though...

[@Voxonphotonics]

Hi, yes we have experimented with both of these things over the years and have lots of ideas / things happening for future development. Stay tuned and keep in touch :)

[@philipvdg4591]

Will this be able to operate continuously, like 8 hours a day? Looking into this for use in a public space.

[@Leewise1]

Wow, no shits were given

[@philipvdg4591]

@@Leewise1not sales minded. Lol this comment is 6 years ago and still no answer…

[@DbetterU]

THiS IS SICK?!!? SO COOL!!!

[@ProjectMoff]

4:25 Lawnmower Man vibes

[@yudosai]

How much is the device?

[@KameariKillScreen]

The question is: can you afford NOT to have one?

[@gg-sc6gy]

$9800

[@cutemeister]

When will the company stock be tradable on Robinhood ?

[@Voxonphotonics]

hopefully in 12-18th months.

[@GSpotter63]

Would it not be easier to project the image from underneath onto a single rotating helix instead of a flat plane moving up and down? I am sure the mechanical stresses involved would far less and the display could be made much larger and much cheaper.

[@Voxonphotonics]

Yep, we can do that as well... It's definitely easier (although mathematics is harder to synchronise 4000 images per second with a helical display) and we can have it running at 40Hz so no flicker at all... But there's also a few downsides with that type of display as well... So, pros and cons with certain use cases suiting one and not the other. Anyway, you can see a little more of this near the end of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGi5YWiKaambqLc

[@SadunKal]

would be good for a 2 player boxing game and such :) well implemented tech, would be better on a bigger scale of course but still cool. if youd like to have a showroom in istanbul I got a space at a very busy street, also me and my bro r into game design so we might try to do something fun with it (if we ever get to see one)!

[@LoftBits]

Nipkov moved the dot...you moved the whole screen! Fantastic! N.B. You should re-create the "battle chess" from the StarWars movie, it's just made for it :-)

[@Voxonphotonics]

We have created the animation for this, just not the game yet. Still waiting on that call from Disney! You can see a little of it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXvQeoiwl6eHadk

[@Непростойаноним]

COOL!!!

[@jm101]

One question How does it work

[@Voxonphotonics]

Hey, thanks for asking - it's a great mix of precision engineering and software. This is a swept surface 3D volumetric display. Geometry that is being rendered is sliced up into hundreds of digital horizontal cross sections before being projected synchronously onto a specially designed high speed reciprocating screen. As the photons of light hit the screen, they are diffused and reform a physical cross sectional image at precisely the right place in physical space. Through persistence of vision, the human eye blends hundreds of layers together, and the result is a true three-dimensional (3D) volumetric holographic representation of data that can be viewed in the same way as one would view a real object, from any angle, and without special effects, goggles or glasses...

[@KameariKillScreen]

@@Voxonphotonics Are you working on methods to resolve images over larger volumes?

[@rasmasyean]

@@Voxonphotonics What is the expected life of the "reciprocating screen"? Does this part wear out and have to be replaced in a certain amount of time?

[@LukacsyGergely]

@@Voxonphotonics ​ Interesting, I was convinced that the projection block is made out of some kind of aerogel. If it has moving parts, it means the machine is producing a considerable amount of humming noise. It is quite impressive nevertheless!

[@Voxonphotonics]

@@LukacsyGergely Cool, but it's not too noisy. We use a resonant frequency system to drive the screen. You can see more here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIe8oIqprdZ-bsk which includes noise etc

[@ZsoltanLikescows]

this will be perfect for my yugioh duelist kingdom recreation

[@elijahmelendez9864]

Hey, Team, does anybody know the word I could use on the internet , lets say for the exact scientific term for this subtle frequent mechanism , like for example light cycling so fast , it looks hard, or stable , just a book or article in general that could explain how this machine is working !

[@Voxonphotonics]

The Voxon VX1 is a swept surface volumetric display. You can find more information here: voxon.co/technology/

[@dangebaddel3939]

Будущее за голограммами!)

[@MobileDecay]

He spent all of his money on this display so he couldn't afford light bulbs. 😂

[@Clip-ing]

One word wow

[@TegonTk]

I need that

[@papusa9878]

We need holographic computer keyboards ;)

[@likesimulator]

Прикольно! 😀 👍

[@cant_th1nk_of_a_name]

doing cad on this, gonna be on my wizard shit

[@milesagha7582]

I think the dome kills it for me, you need to get rid of it let it be raw. So that people can stick their hands in the display for a higher wow factor. Until then contact me if you want to improve on what you have.

[@Juke172]

more like ouch factor.

[@Ricoxemani]

4:55

[@СергейКолбаскин-и6к]

отличная штука!надо сделать большую!!!

[@did3d523]

solid 3d must be calculate no transparent ...

[@did3d523]

old techno I prepar mine With oled display HD

[@pgdaszzz7399]

The first stuff from 22nd century

[@alainportant6412]

interesting shit

[@ImranKhan-xq7py]

only modern world's people & rich people will enjoy this technology

[@Voxonphotonics]

Our technology is not a consumer product yet. It is however affordable for Universities, where it can be used for a wide range of research and educational purposes. We would like people from all walks of life, from all corners of the world to enjoy our tech and will endeavour to help wherever we can to make this happen.

[@lito651]

i thought it was fake until he moved the camera around

[@LowLightVideos]

Nice, but the "display" is tablet size. Hopefully in the future the entire device (the *whole* VX1) will be the size of a tablet and fit in a large jacket pocket.

[@Voxonphotonics]

Hi there, the VX1 is our first commercially available product that we have made to be interactive and social and to suit a number of markets... At the time of writing it is the only commercially available volumetric display in the world. We have been asked for so many different sizes over the years it will be interesting to see what follows...

[@LowLightVideos]

I wish my Cellphone had a display like that.

[@chrismofer]

​@@pumpuppthevolume There's been 3D phone screens for almost a decade. They're all lenticular, and that's not what a volumetric display is. tilt your Red phone and the depth is gone. only 1 viewer, or off axis viewers have to position themselves accurately to get any effect rather than nausea. In a volumetric display, any number of viewers are viewing the same one projection. LowLight, I don't think you're considering the electromechanical design of this thing. It's not for your pocket right now.

[@tristanflynn4014]

It's a Unix system... I know this...

[@georgegreen3672]

working in a vacuum cavity will be better

[@Osmone_Everony]

Well it's a start.

[@Voxonphotonics]

Yes, this is only the beginning of what we can do... A pretty amazing start though :) Stay tuned...

[@emhgarlyyeung]

@@Voxonphotonics Congrats u have super bright future.

[@DJGearBolt]

Nice it only costs you $10,000

[@arcadealchemist]

using layered transparent LCDs this tech is sooo old but because who ever owns the patten isn't making anything it's going to be anothet tech we won't see for 15 years. I FUCKING HATE COPYRIGHT BOLLOX at times

[@joy2000cyber]

Everything it displays has to be half transparent. Loud, expensive, short life.

[@Voxonphotonics]

@Jun Ouyang As I mentioned earlier, it's actually really quiet :) It's oscillating but not using a huge force, just resonance - therefore it's actually efficient & quiet. You can see a video here where sound is included: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIe8oIqprdZ-bsk - in a big event you can't even hear it. In a quiet room you can hear it but it's still a 'low level conversational noise' usually around 55db. Short life? Nope...

[@Taotaoba]

Looks great, however this video means nothing about the technology.

[@yuval1901]

לייק מי שבא מטופ גיק

[@Michbigheart]

Why the display isn't touchscreen? Were the 4k content? Why poor games? Why it doen't support 4k games like XBOX ONE X and PS4 pro? Why so tiny screen?

[@Voxonphotonics]

Hi Michel, in answer to your questions: 1) It isn't a touchscreen because it's a swept surface 3D volumetric display (Geometry that is being rendered is sliced up into hundreds of digital horizontal cross sections before being projected synchronously onto a specially designed high speed reciprocating screen. As the photons of light hit the screen, they are diffused and reform a physical cross sectional image at precisely the right place in physical space. Through persistence of vision, the human eye blends hundreds of layers together, and the result is a true three-dimensional (3D) volumetric holographic representation of data that can be viewed in the same way as one would view a real object, from any angle, and without special effects, goggles or glasses). We put a touchscreen on the side of the unit for you to use though. 2) Because it's 3D, it is more than 4k! The resolution is 1000 x 1000 x 192 which is approx equivalent of about 96k. 3) The games are cool, you should try them one time, 4) Again, it's a 3D volumetric display, not a 2D screen, it can support any 3D games made in Unity etc, 5) the current screen size is small but still the most advanced volumetric display in the world. We can make it bigger but we wanted to have our first product being a product that was interactive and social, where people can gather around and discuss what they are seeing... I think you have to see it, the you'll understand, as it's hard to get a 3D display to look as good as it can when you are looking at it on a 2D screen...

[@partypao]

You can play with the newest technology now, but its in its primitive stages. But if you really want 3d volumetric touchscreen 4k games, come back in 20 years.

[@Voxonphotonics]

We also don't believe that 4k means that a game will be fun. Think how many fun games exist on Snes, Gameboy, Atari , Amiga ? There are 10s of thousands of fun games that run great on resolutions less than 720P.

[@Kemga]

Gatebox is better change my mind.