Fancy yourself a real-time pseudo-Holodeck? Yeah, it’s been my dream too, ever since I was a Next Generation-watching kid. Sony’s kind of done it using a combination of PlayStation Move and projection mapping, plus a helping hand from lycra-clad actors.
The system created by Sony and Studio Output uses motion tracking to project images simulating all sorts of things in real-time, from the perspective of the viewer. It’s pretty convincing too, and, incredibly, there’s no post-processing at all. It’s all done live with light tricks, in one take. Where’s my Holodeck Sony? If you want to pull yourself out of a tale-spin a Holodeck would be sure to do it. [YouTube 1, 2, 3 via Engadget]









Except there is a cut in one of them spotted :/
I’d buy a holodeck.
It doesn’t quite work if you’re sat in the chair though?
What I mean, it wasn’t a real ‘holodeck’, they just blasted a room with a mega projector – and with some clever graphics – made it look like a holodeck…seems daft, for a company like Sony?