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Subject: Re: volumetric displays
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> BBN desgined a display system that used a vibrating mirror ......
.......  Eventually, Genisco bought the technology and
> reengineered the package to sell as their own.  I don't believe they have had
> much luck selling it.  I thought the images it produced were quite striking. 

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Genisco marketed it under the name "Spacegraph". They had one at Siggraph
about three years ago. It was in the $100K range if memory serves.
Henry Fuchs' group at North Carolina/Chapel Hill worked on a similar
design. The beast appears in one of their demo videotapes.