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    Microsoft Patent: One hard light projector away from the holodeck

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    #1  Edited By endaround

    Maybe I missed this somewhere here but a new Microsoft patent has been revealed about projecting images on the walls all around a player:

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    http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19568451

    This is either great or the worst thing ever, I'm not sure yet.

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    #2  Edited By MooseyMcMan

    I bet it'll be at least ten years until they try to sell anything similar to this, and even then, it won't work right half the time.

    That's the thing with weird patents. They often don't go anywhere.

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    #3  Edited By MikeGosot
    @MooseyMcMan said:

    I bet it'll be at least ten years until they try to sell anything similar to this, and even then, it won't work right half the time.

    That's the thing with weird patents. They often don't go anywhere.

    LET THE IMAGINATION FLOW GODDAMNIT

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