Last week over at the robot blog, we were talking about precursors to holodeck technology that are being built right now. I’ve come across some more stuff this week that look to even further advance us toward never leaving our rooms to explore the world, and that should end up going on the site this evening.
Few things have sparked our imaginations as much as the holodeck from Star Trek. There wasn’t much usage of the tech on the show in a way that showed how a simulation was created – and when it was, much of the creation process seemed be left up to the ubiquitous computer.
Now that we’re nearing the time where such technology is a reality, we’re starting to see more depictions of this tech in a manner that makes sense.
In addition to the short film World Builder being a geeky look at the future, there’s also a touching love story tucked away as well.
Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson has the scoop on the digital short:
Bruce Branit's World Builder is a short much along the same technological theme, but made today.
After one day of shooting, World Builder was in post production for 2 years. Despite its extremely small artistic team (essentially one guy), the first half of the piece deploys some really believable visual effects to establish a sort of virtual reality version of Illustrator or Maya.
The clip, be it a tad long for internet perusal, is a real pleasure to watch. Load it up when you have a few minutes to dedicate to your imagination.
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