I saw a write up about the heliodisplay a while ago and decided to throw it out there. The heliodisplay is a floating touch screen display. You can project an image into thin air. And you can manipulate that image in space. This one definitely gets one for the wow factor. And the unit is only $19,000 USD. Let’s say you wanted to hook this thing up to your computer. The screen would then project in space and you could browse the screen with your finger, just like a mouse. No special equipment or glasses are needed. I fully expect to see Leah saying, “Help me Obi One Kenobe, you’re my only hope,” when i turn this thing on.
Holographic TV!
May 10th, 2005 
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Posted in Displays 
[...] My brother tipped me off to this really cool Java technology from Sun Microsystems. Looking Glass turns your operating system desktop into a 3D virtual world. You can view the demo here. If you don’t want to hear project notes on it, just scroll about half way through the demonstration. You have to have Quicktime or RealPlayer – but it’s worth it. This will change the way we approach OS development. Now we just have to hook this up to the heliodisplay! [...]