Z Space $3995!

Mike Lucey

Hi All,

I think Z Space has been mentioned on the forums in the past but no price was mentioned as it was in early development.

I stumbled across the device again and its now a fully fledged commercial product. It looks that it does the job it was designed to do and does it very well. I think it would be fantastic to view a designed object in 'real' 3D! It might even be better than a 3D print in some ways!

After reading and viewing the available information on http://zspace.com/ I started to wonder what the cost of the Z Space system. I could not find a price mention of the site. The only way was to provide full contact details for a company rep to call and discuss! Alarms bells started to ring as I imagined some big 'cha-chings".

Not to be defeated I did a Net search and found a good article on the Z Space, zSpace, incredible 3D viewing by Mark Gibbs. Mark gives the device a 100% thumbs up and mentions that he regarded the $3,995 price tag to be quite fair. I tend to agree with him and think the folks at Z Space should be splashing the price around their site as it could only help sales.

Mark Gibbs review is here, http://www.networkworld.com/article/2225671/data-center/zspace--incredible-3d-viewing.html

Now that I know the price, I think I will contact Z Space and see if they are offering demos in my neck of the woods

Mike

numerobis

yes, very cool! I really would like to try it.
But i'm not sure about the eye strain with this polarized 3D and how the eye behaves in the long term. For now i have only tried side by side 3D and it is really stressing the eye.

Mike Lucey

Numerobis, yes it would be interesting to try it out. As regards the eye strain issue. I imagine that one would not be using the Z Space for prolonged periods of time, only as a 'real' 3D viewer as needed but again as it becomes more compatible with software that could change.

BTW I am finding that my newly installed (Matt) Moshi 15" iVisor has reduced eye strain, no more of those reflections that I was getting with the glossy screen

iichiversii

Hey Mike, interesting tech there, would be nice to model in SU using one of these, im a believer in virtual reality products, i dont know if you saw my post earlier on the oculus rift http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=72%26amp;t=51973

I have one of these and i can experience my creations in a virtual environment, i can even walk around my creations as if they are there in front of me, even entering virtual buildings.

Mike Lucey

@iichiversii said:

Hey Mike, interesting tech there, would be nice to model in SU using one of these, im a believer in virtual reality products, i dont know if you saw my post earlier on the oculus rift http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=72%26amp;t=51973

I have one of these and i can experience my creations in a virtual environment, i can even walk around my creations as if they are there in front of me, even entering virtual buildings.

I checked out the link and commented. I imagine you are having a great experience with the Oculus Rift VR. It looks like a super piece of kit.

numerobis

@mike lucey said:

BTW I am finding that my newly installed (Matt) Moshi 15" iVisor has reduced eye strain, no more of those reflections that I was getting with the glossy screen

Thanks for your feedback! So then a new MacBook could be an option next year...