Gadgetory

this is the looking glass a holographic display from the looking glass factory it brings you a slice of virtual reality without the cumbersome or isolationist headset unfortunately it's hard to convey exactly what the 3d content looks like or how liberating it feels to interact with it without having to gear up you don't get the full surround experience you would with a headset but that's not really what this is for if you do any kind of 3d designer development this lets you get a real preview of your work such as seeing textures dimensionally as you paint them previewing 3d printing or doing a presentation to a group while it looks like a big glass block it's actually comprised of layers of refractive material and there's a lot going on under its hood its software generates 45 views of a scene or object which the display refract differently based on your viewing angle you can use different types of controllers with it for instance the one we used was a leap motion hand tracking device but you can pair it with depth cameras like realsense or game controllers like Nintendo's jaikon there'll be a library of free apps when it ships you connect it to a system preferably one with discrete graphics via HDMI and USB see it comes in two sizes an 8.9 inch and a 15.6 inch they're available for pre-order at a discount for four hundred and two thousand dollars before they jump back to their normal prices of six hundred and three thousand