Its been a few years since I did one of these reports from an ACS meeting, but one item in particular caught my (and a lot of other ) eyes. CAChe were displaying LCD panel monitors which display true 3D images WITHOUT any need for glasses. The technology apparently comes in four flavours, each vying for market, which is a good omen for costs, which are expected to come spiraling down over the next 12 months. The largest display is a 40" (@$17,000), a 20" (@ around $8000) and most interestingly, a laptop to be released later this year. The effects were remarkable, although the depth of stereo vision is probably not (yet) as impressive as dedicated Crystaleyes systems Currently, it does need software drivers (openGL) and so specific software must be enabled. The CAChe software is so, and I gather a Powerpoint enabled 3D display is on the cards; I argued for enabling the Weh browser, perhaps Mozilla/Netscape will do it?
From what we saw, and with the predictions, it does seem that any serious molecular modeller or anyone interested in the 3D properties of molecules will be buying themselves these 3D LCD panels routinely in a years time or so!
Apparently, a demonstration might be on the cards at Heathrow Airport on April 24. Anyone who is seriously interested in attending should contact Magda Karabon for free registration at + 48 12 429 43 45 or <mailto:ccs@fqspl.com.pl>ccs@fqspl.com.pl -- Henry Rzepa. +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax) http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)