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Article #1223Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
From: The Polymath
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1989 21:12
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1989 21:12
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In article <1611@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes:
}What resolution (pixels per inch or meter) and contrast (bits, levels, ratio)
}are needed to form a decent hologram.
Pixels would have to be separated by no more than half the wavelength of
the light used, a distance commonly measured in Angstroms. That's well
beyond the ability of current technology to create, let alone drive.
}How good would the display have to be, and how many instructions would need
}to be processed to display a frame.
You're talking about millions of pixels _per inch_. I'm not sure it's even
theoretically possible, let alone feasible. The processing capacity to
drive such a display would be mind boggling, even by today's standards.
--
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.mac,alt.cyberpunk Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments Message-ID: <3637@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 3 Jan 89 21:12:57 GMT References: <454@blake.acs.washington.edu> <17939@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <3166@sugar.uu.net> <1611@ssc.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 20