The world at the molecular level is a three-dimensional one with its own busy, complex environment.

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Unfortunately, the processing required to perform the integration of all 51 two-dimensional images into a three-dimensional one is so demanding that the computers Dr Kanade has available take five days to produce ten seconds-worth of video.

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This new system, as with a traditional CAT scan, uses X-rays shot from multiple angles, and assembled into one three-dimensional image by a computer.

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While current screens have a great gee-whiz feel, they are still a far cry from achieving the effect demanded of most three-dimensional researchers: a realistic, moving hologram like the one of Princess Leia projected from a lens inside R2D2 in Star Wars.

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Merida's hair is made up of 1, 500 individually sculpted curves, distinct points in a three-dimensional space, that are programmed to bounce and interact in relation to one another via a new software system, says Ms. Chung.

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One of their programs displays stretches of DNA in a three-dimensional color format that a customer can use, for example, to pinpoint the genetic differences between healthy and cancerous prostate tissue.

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One prototype lets ROV pilots see the area they're working in with a three-dimensional computer monitor.

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