Is Apple's Next Big Thing Holograms?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/09 19:00:00

Related Topics: Apple, Tech, Holograms, iPhone, iPhone 5, Tablets

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BUSINESSWEEK.COM reports: Apple (AAPL) is now locked in a fierce patent battle with Samsung over tablet designs—a sure sign that, whoever is right, touchscreens are converging into gadgets that look like everything else.

So as Apple prepares to launch its next iPhone in September, with a slightly bigger screen, here is a prediction—Apple devices will soon project holograms like you’ve never seen. This is not mere speculation, but insight based on Apple’s patents, recent acquisitions, and the business imperative to do something to break free of the tablet clutter.

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Michelle 2012/08/09 19:15:28

Yes

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I want a holodeck. SO BADLY do I want a holodeck.

Keep working on it, Apple. People have been trying to develop holo-technology for years, and if anyone's going to actually design a holodeck in my lifetime, it'll probably be you guys.
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Modelexarfate 2012/08/10 15:37:23

No

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Shut up Apple, and make me a hoverboard. They must come out in 3 years.

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Asa Core 2012/08/10 15:04:02

Yes

i hope.....

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SirWence 2012/08/10 14:06:26

Yes

Not just 'apple' its more or less just one of the 'next big things'

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BIG BAD JOHN R. 2012/08/10 13:49:56

Yes

why not there and everything else.

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Loki 2012/08/10 13:44:45

Yes

hope so!

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*** Ashley *** 2012/08/10 13:35:07

No

Apple will first start with 3D

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Professor Wizard 2012/08/10 13:25:32

No

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Apple will go the way of SCO Unix... they will relegate themselves to be a company that no longer produces anything new, and instead makes a profit by suing everyone who makes anything that even remotely looks or acts like one of their old products.

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Wake Th... to Profess... 2012/08/10 13:49:37

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They haven't com up with anything new in years. Look a the iPhone, they let the jailbreak community do their software R&D; and are always years behind the curve in hardware, and yet if they put an Apple logo on a brick the Apple zombies would pay top dollar for it.

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CREW grand 2012/08/10 12:35:27

No

Along with flying cars and robot maids, The Jetsons had them in the early 1960's.
As I see it, they're already 40 years overdue for becoming commonplace in reality.

Don

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doc moto 2012/08/10 11:49:51

No

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Too many conditions to be met with its proper display, not enough power to do it, sorry!

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the fuze 2012/08/10 11:23:37

Yes

I wouldn't be surprised one bit.

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Skye 2012/08/10 11:00:26 (edited)

Yes

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Maybe that's why it's supposed to be $800. Plus (yes I'm a huge nerd) science and technology is way more advanced than the public knows.

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CREW grand to Skye 2012/08/10 12:52:48

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But still way less advanced than it should be.
I know someone who attended Penn back in 1983 and they even had holograms then.
He says everybody did the same thing, make chess pieces.

Don

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merslix. 2012/08/10 09:20:57

Yes

YAAAAAY HOLOGRAMS!!! :--)

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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ D. Plexippus Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 2012/08/10 08:59:27

Yes

WOW....thats all I can say..:)

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Terry McGinnis 2012/08/10 08:48:21

No

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They can try all they want...HP beat them to it years ago

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elptrek P.H.A.E.T.'s wizard 2012/08/10 08:39:39

Yes

I hope it is, then maybe they will work on a hollow deck.

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Blair C 2012/08/10 08:35:19

Yes

that would be awesome!!!

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Glitchie 2012/08/10 08:09:36 (edited)

Yes

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I suppose its possible... Not sure about Apple, but there's already tests with the Xbox360 Kinect that do 3D mapping with three Xbox Kinect devices (and three Xbox360 machines), so why not? However, I don't think it would be priced for the middle and lower class. This seems like Tony Stark's rich boy toy....too bad there's not any money anymore, like in Star Trek --- the world still runs on it and likely will for more years than we care to count - unless of course it completely ends this December, lol.

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MichDj1 2012/08/10 08:02:36

Yes

O.O THAT WOULD BE AMAZING

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y so serious 2012/08/10 07:23:49

Yes

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GothicaVende††aSquiggles\(#... 2012/08/10 06:57:42
Seeker of Truth - War Wizard 2012/08/10 05:48:36

No

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I think true holograms of this sort are years and years away...

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Soot The Fallen 2012/08/10 05:45:57

Yes

i hope so atleast

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JCLadybug 2012/08/10 05:12:07

No

Next? No. Sometime in the next 10 years? Yes. A good functioning projection keyboard and is still being perfected. Otherwise, I'm not sure what the next big thing is, but we will see.

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ilstarwars 2012/08/10 05:07:43

No

I don't know about next, but sometime in the future probably.

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Thecharliejay 2012/08/10 04:56:11

Yes

yes because of Tony Stark :)

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☠ Tħε ☣ Øиe ☠ 2012/08/10 03:37:30

Yes

it would be like living in a future movie, or the space age, haha.

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angel face 2012/08/10 03:19:08

Yes

I hope so because I think it's an awesome technology. It's so futuristic and awesome

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Wyveryx 2012/08/10 02:51:45

No

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While they may attempt them, it would be too damned expensive if they did develop it. Not to mention you would have to wait every year to get the updates that should have been in the first release.

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Merhabi Daham 2012/08/10 02:18:03

Yes

Please let this be true. I want holograms. Like, now. Get on that Apple.

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Jericho 2012/08/10 01:49:11

Yes

This should push them over the top of Microsoft for good, but we'll see

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Say_wut_o_O 2012/08/10 01:16:44

Yes

Wouldn't surprise me

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I(◕‿◕✿)I 2012/08/10 01:09:49

No

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I don't think that will happen yet.. It hasn't happened (from what I know anyway) in Japan yet, so I doubt we'll have them in the very near future..

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kotabear 2012/08/10 00:35:11

Yes

I had a friend that works for a phone store. He knows about the future items, and holographs are a part of it. You use a special glove or finger gloves to touch the holograph so it moves.
Personally, I don't see the point in a holographic PHONE, but computer items such as what Tony Stark is using below would be very useful. I KNOW a company will come out with it eventually. Hec, they probably could now, but they can't release it yet.

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Jennifer Cat 2012/08/10 00:07:32

Yes

It better be.

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twhiting9275 2012/08/09 23:59:48

No

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Nobody knows WHAT they're going to launch in September, HOW big the thing will be, or IF they'll launch anything in September.... Step AWAY from the rumor mill, stop spreading gossip and lies

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Miesha 2012/08/09 23:50:06 (edited)

No

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Todays holigrams are made fr mutiple projectors very carefully projecting into a thin mist from multiple angles. No where near ready for small scale deployment....

Maybe once touch Screen have been intergrated into every corner or everyday life holograms will emerge.

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sean 2012/08/09 23:40:25

Yes

i remember using them as a kid some 40 years ago..it was 2 gun fighters at some science fair , or the worlds fair or something, and thought wow, i could hardly wait to use them again..never seen them again..it was a arcade table, with a big like microwave glass plate, you put coins in and the 2 guys would have a duel, you being one of them, they were tiny compared to the glass plate, but this stuff was around decades ago, makes you wonder what has really been developed over the years that we don't know about.

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LittleS... to sean 2012/08/10 02:33:50 (edited)

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I saw one just like that, and played it. It was called Time Traveller: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It was actually done by a CRT projected onto a curved mirror that made it appear as if a little man was standing there. It was very cool at the time, and i had hoped it was the future of video games, but apparently it was a one shot wonder. This couldn't have happened on a open table though, because it was in the box for a reason. The nice thing was that the box was open, so you could reach in to try and grab the guy, but of course it was just an illusion and it was like grabbing air, and your brain was like.. wha??

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