One of the innovations that would be best explored with one of the methodologies would be the creation of mobile phone calls with holographic projection. The Delphi Method would generate the greatest results to determine if the phone was possible and whether not there would be a value for it. By enlisting experts in fields such as telecommunications, micro-circuitry, and optics this free flowing exchange of ideas would broaden the topic to discover what technological challenges would lay ahead of it. The need to enlist the experts from the different fields would also lend credibility to the technology as it would not be a simple idea to come into fruition.
Two forces that would support this technology are tactical uses and emotional forces. The tactical uses for a portable holographic are very specific as they would allow SWAT or soldiers to see a building versus attempt to decipher blueprints. This would add a new tool in the backpack of the users that could help to define whether or not the mission would be a success, as it allows a better understanding of a building. On the emotional front, a person to person phone call would be more meaningful as the body language of the other person would be able to be transmitted versus just the voice.
Two forces that may impede the success are technological and financial forces. Current the technology for this type of communication device does not fully exist yes, although there have been some breakthroughs. In his article from 1997, Mark Lucente discusses the technological forces at play when trying to achieve a true holographic image with depth, shading, and texture. The article states that the current two things that are lacking for its creation are/were computation speed and high-bandwidth modulation of visible light. Delving into these two areas the author describes what is being worked on to overcome these obstacles. Concluding the article the author gives great promise of things to come and agrees that there will be a time in the not so distant future that holographic displays are possible. Financially the devices would be expensive to produce due to the high cost of research and development, but over time the costs would reduce to a more manageable level as this happens to most new technologies when it hits the market.
Collaboration on any project is a welcomed item as it often brings to light ideas and facets of a project that were not immediately apparent. One of the pros of open collaboration is that it opens the topics up to debate immediately. Open collaboration also allows others to interact with the person or persons that bring an exciting new avenue to light, and allows others to share their experiences. Though open collaboration has several benefits it also has downsides. For example it does allow more boisterous voices to overshadow less energetic opinions, thus possibly skewing the results towards that voice.
Lucente, M (1997) Interactive Three-dimensional Holographic Displays: Seeing the Future in Depth, Newsletter: ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Volume 31 Issue 2, May 1997 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=271283.271312
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