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"For the sciences, the way to change science's perception of things is to wait until all the old farts have died off."
- Larry Niven
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| Blaupunkt Holostage | ||
| A three-dimensional tabletop display. |
This is another use of the idea of a 3D display.
| Behind him, under the laser light of a Blaupunkt holostage, people a foot high chattered about the war in Thailand and how lucky the United States had been to escape another Vietnam. |
| Technovelgy from Snake-Eyes,
by Tom Maddox. Published by Omni Publications in 1986 Additional resources -
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Compare this to the notion of a stereo tank, from a 1961 novel by Robert Heinlein. The idea of a table-top display is available in real (as opposed to fictional) form in the Toshiba Flatbed Display.
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