3DIcon Achieves Historic Breakthrough in 3D Imaging
TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3DIcon Corporation (OTCBB: TDCP - News), a development-stage technology
company, today announced the completion of a working prototype of its
proprietary three-dimensional display system CSpace
™.
With CSpace, 3DIcon's scientific team has created one-color volumetric
3D images that can be viewed from any angle without viewing aids. CSpace
can project virtually any object in three dimensions, in an instant.
CSpace has achieved four significant breakthroughs in the history of 3D
displays, including: 1) the first 360-degree static volumetric 3D
display; 2) the first 3D display that does not have mechanical/moving
parts; 3) a unique system designed for scalability, making the
technology suitable for a wide range of applications; and 4) the highest
resolution of any 3D technology, capable of rendering up to eight times
the voxels (800 million) compared to other volumetric 3D technologies
and resulting in an increase in resolution comparable to that of today's
high-definition televisions versus the early tube televisions.
"We stated that we would deliver a working prototype for rendering a 3D
image in a static volume space by the end of 2008. We have achieved this
major breakthrough," stated 3DIcon chairman and CEO Martin Keating. "We
have begun talks with potential sub-licensing partners and hope to
conclude licensing agreements."
3D display has been proven to improve accuracy and decrease human error
significantly in mission-critical applications. CSpace opens
multi-billion-dollar markets to the benefits of 3D display including
military and homeland security needs, life-saving applications in
medical diagnostics, geospatial applications for air traffic control and
oil and gas exploration, as well as addressing large markets in
entertainment, gaming and advertising.
Vivek Bhaman, 3DIcon's president and chief operating officer, said, "The
world is now one giant step closer to utilizing true 3D displays in
applications in essentially all spheres where two-dimensional displays
have been the standard."
Dr. Hakki Refai, 3DIcon's chief technology officer and inventor of
CSpace, commented, "What makes CSpace widely adoptable is the fact that
it is the first 360-degree volumetric technology that is non-mechanical.
The first generation of TVs was mechanical and could never be
commercialized. The wide adoption of television started only when the
non-mechanical TV was invented. CSpace brings the same quantum leap to
3D technology."
"The unique design of our CSpace system, which uses Texas Instruments'
microchip DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) technology, far surpasses
other 3D display systems in its capacity for widespread acceptability
and continuous improvement," added Bhaman. "The same micromirror
technology is at the heart of DLP® systems and
is improving exponentially in processing power and resolution while
decreasing in size and price. This gives our technology a huge advantage
as it moves into the future."
CSpace is capable of creating 3D images from virtually any
industry-standard 3D visualization program including a variety of
popular CAD programs, 3ds Max®, and the
popular Google SketchUp®. Designed as an
extremely flexible system, CSpace is also compatible with Sony's GLV
technology, which can be used to create large format outdoor laser
displays.
The company's next technology milestone is demonstrating scalability by
increasing the image space to four times the current volume in this
prototype. Other upcoming milestones include further improving CSpace's
render rates to create moving images, as well as displaying additional
colors.
3DIcon's proprietary CSpace Volumetric Display System is a static-volume
3D display technology that does not require any special viewing aids
like glasses. The system uses a clear volumetric image space, which
serves as a 3D screen. The image space used in this prototype is a
crystalline matrix with rare-earth up-conversion material. A 3D image is
created when invisible laser beams are directed into the image space,
exciting the up-conversion materials to create visible light and thus
display a volumetric image. This prototype displays a one-color green
image in three dimensions. More details on this breakthrough are
available on the company's website: www.3dicon.net/technology/CSpace.html.
Creation of the CSpace 3D display system is the result of a
multi-disciplinary approach which has included significant achievements
in multiple fields including development of electronics, control
systems, photonics and optical engineering.
3DIcon and its technology team will demonstrate the prototype technology
to potential licensing and development partners as well as qualified
members of the media.
About 3DIcon Corporation
3DIcon Corporation (the "Company") is a developer of groundbreaking 3D
projection and display technologies that are being designed to produce
full color, 360° volumetric images. The
Company recently launched its first product, Pixel Precision®,
a software product that targets the R&D market for developers using
Texas Instruments' DLP® line of products.
Through its sponsored research agreement with the University of
Oklahoma, 3DIcon owns the exclusive worldwide marketing rights to all 3D
intellectual properties developed or under development under the SRA. www.3dicon.net
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