The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan unveiled an invention which, in spite of its diminutive 3.9-inch (10cm) dimension, could mean the beginning of the 3D cube display era. Called the gCubik, the device has the capacity to display an object in 3D on all six of its faces using a multiple lens method called integrated imaging technology. To better understand the idea, think a few people seeing that single object projected inside the cube in different perspectives.

The gCubik will first be presented to the public on July 10 to 11, 2008 at the 3D Image Conference 2008 in the University of Tokyo. It'll make its way Stateside on SIGGRAPH 2008 (August 11 to 15, 2008) in Los Angeles, California. Now, the question remains; with such a wonderful device on hand, why would anyone want to visualize, of all things, a rubber ducky?