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...weary bargain hunters into the district via virtual reality. Near London is a 3D cyber-version of the West End that its developers say is the most realistic and accurate virtual recreation of a city center ever produced. Launched Nov. 30, it is indeed impressive-looking, thanks to a laser-scanning technology that picks up details down to one fifth of an inch (5mm) and faithfully depicts every brick and slab of concrete. Once users download the software (which is free), they can stroll - or teleport - themselves around the district to one store after another, no matter where...
...creation of this laser marks a step forward from the quantum cascade laser, which was invented by Capasso and his collaborators at Bell Labs in 1994, Rutter wrote in a press release...
...This laser has potential applications in areas including pollution detection, climate monitoring, and remote sensing, according to Nanfang Yu, a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and one of the authors of the study...
...deal is that they were able to get a multibeam laser, and a multifunctional laser. It is very difficult to get more than one beam,” said Michael P. Rutter, communications director for SEAS...
...researchers said the new laser has potential applications in many areas of environmental science. For example, the lasers could be used to gather information about levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, Rutter explained. He said that the researchers were “most excited” about the use of the lasers in climate monitoring...