TaeKwonDood writes "Star Trek: The Next Generation's holodeck allowed crewmembers to walk through their childhood home, re-enact famous historical events or watch performances of famous plays. If leisure time permitted they could also learn new skills or execute training drills by simulating surgery, flight, and engine repairs.
Virtual life seemed pretty good on TV but it's still just science fiction for us. However, last year researchers took the first steps towards it with the COHERENT project, an EU-funded research project to create a commercial, true 3-D display.
They could have called it Holodeck 1.0. They went with HoloVizio instead." Link to Original Source
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they don't have to block a photon torpedo just yet, but i would like to be able to feel objects with my 3D display.
certain things that i would like to do in a holodeck just wouldn't work without any tactile feedback.