Back in June I included a video of a Microsoft Research project called TouchLight in the keynote I gave at Eunis 2006 on how computation will affect the sciences and scientists.

Afterwards I had several interesting conversations about how .

It seems this is now likely that TouchLight will be brought to market this year by Eon Reality  who have announced that they've licenced the technology through Microsoft's IP Ventures.

There's an updated video on Eon's web site, and video interviews with David Harnett, Microsoft's senior director of IP ventures, on both ZDNet and News.com.

This news has been carried fairly broadly :-

Forbes : EON Reality Will Be First Company to Bring Next-Generation 3-D Technology to Market

CIO : Microsoft to License 'TouchLight' Image Tech

News.com : Image navigation, with a sci-fi touch

Managing IP : Microsoft signs 15th IP Ventures deal

InformationWeek : Thumbs Up Or Down? Microsoft Licenses Out Technology That Detects Hand Gestures

Microsoft Watch : Microsoft Licenses Another Piece of Its IP

TechWeb : Microsoft Licenses 3D TouchLight IP

Cadalyst : EON Reality to Offer Visualization Technology That Enables Physical Interaction with 3D Content

InfoWorld : Microsoft licenses 'TouchLight' to EON Reality

AOL Money : Sci-Fi Comes To Life With Microsoft Licensing Deal

CNN Money : EON Reality Will Be First Company to Bring Next-Generation 3-D Technology to Market

Now, I just need to figure out how to get one!