6-D images for unusually realistic images

\nIf you thought 3D images were the most realistic images that one could get artificially, an MIT professor has worked his way to produce ‘6-D’ images that not only look like 3D images, but also respond to the environment and produce realistic shadows, contours and highlights depending on the direction and intensity of the light. Hence, one could create images that change as often as the illumination changes and is based entirely on the arrangement of lenses and screens. Arrays of little squares lenses are used instead of linear ones, which help in revealing different views as you change direction. The image is seen not only from your point of view but also from the way illumination takes place. The technology is at a concept level and could be used for training in industrial situations. At present, it costs $30 for each pixel and since thousands of pixels are required, one may have to wait till the technology is altered to bring the cost down.

Via: MIT\n