The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Details of an immersive video games display system that projects images of the title's environment around a player's room have been revealed in a U.S. patent belonging...BBC News From ACM News | September 13, 2012
Cybercriminals have opened a new front in their battle to infect computers with malware—PC production lines.BBC News From ACM News | September 13, 2012
When a pilot in a Eurofighter Typhoon jet glances down, he doesn't see a steel-grey floor. Instead he sees clouds, and maybe sheep and cows in green fields below...BBC News From ACM News | September 5, 2012
Wikipedia is written and maintained by tens of thousands of volunteers across the world. Those, in turn, are assisted by hundreds of "bots"—autonomous computer...BBC News From ACM News | July 26, 2012
An American scientist is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof Stephen Hawking he says could help safeguard the physicist's ability to communicate...BBC News From ACM News | July 9, 2012
Football's world governing body Fifa and other organisations are preparing to vote on something many fans of the game have been crying out for: goal-line technology...BBC News From ACM News | July 5, 2012
American researchers took control of a flying drone by hacking into its GPS system—acting on a $1,000 (£640) dare from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.BBC News From ACM News | June 29, 2012
Many years ago, long before the birth of the Web, there was a time when France was the happening-est place in the digital universe.BBC News From ACM News | June 28, 2012
Parkinson's is a devastating disease for those living with the condition, and currently there is no cure. Diagnosis can also be slow, as there are no blood tests...BBC News From ACM News | June 28, 2012
Based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner—the tale of a hunt for four dangerous "replicant" humans—is a classic...BBC News From ACM News | June 27, 2012
Medical visualization is the use of computers to create 3D images from medical imaging data sets. It's a relatively young field of science, relying heavily on advances...BBC News From ACM News | June 13, 2012
Corning has developed Willow Glass, a flexible ultra-thin glass that can be wrapped around electronic devices. BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2012
Anyone who has ever written in Chinese on a computer, or composed a text message on their phone in that language, knows the typing process is not nearly as simple...BBC News From ACM News | June 6, 2012
Microsoft is developing an augmented reality system that allows users in different locations to work together on a tabletop and share and handle objects. The MirageTable...BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2012