RE: Book Review "Nano" No spoilers

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Fri Sep 03 2004 - 18:49:38 MDT


At 12:18 AM 04/09/04 +0200, you wrote:

>Well, the article text makes it clear that it's some kind of projection on
>a reflective piece of cloth, as shown in the (almost illegible) black and
>with diagram before the movies. To replicate a moving background one would
>need a camera with a FOV-adjusted view. Not easy, but doable. The shortcut
>that makes it possible is that the image is projected on the clothes, not
>emitted by them. Of course it wiil also work in only one direction.
>
>Alfio

That's a minor objection compared to vanishing matter by the millions of tons.

Keith Henson



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