And then there’s Microsoft’s Minority Report-type of hand-waving activated, interactive screens called TouchLight.
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The TouchLight display is more of an interface advance than a display advance, since it uses a rear-projection glass plate to create the illusion of a floating image.
The HelioDisplay is a different matter. It really does project an image into thin air. It does so by modifying the ambient air above it in a nontoxic physical process that uses no chemicals.
This is probably the baddest ass thing I have seen in a while. I can not wait to see how this develops.
What killed me about the movie “Minority Report” is that they download something on one computer, then it gets sent to this small cylinder that they have to walk over to another display to work on!
So it’s good to see that sneaker-net is still going strong in the future!
Also, the very bad thing about this “display” in the video is that it’s all dependant on how stable the air is around it. Have a fan on in the room like I do all the time? Good luck trying to see something.
I want to see a full desktop/display like a huge artists easel sitting on like a 40 degree angle. Then you interact with it with your hands/fingers. Have a VERY high res display that is like electronic paper, then you can zoom in and place things around on this electronic desktop….without the need for a mouse or keyboard. There was a “proof-in-concept” video of this floating around about 6 months ago. THAT’S something I’d like to see advanced.
Sure, I can just imagine trying to use Word or similar with this or even just looking at a still image for more than a couple of seconds… Will anyone pay $20,000 a pop for a low-res, flickering image, just because it’s floating in mid air?
This technology is our only hope.
Looks like second hand smoke will always be with us.
In the opening episode of SeaQuest DSV, there is a display EXACTLY like this. The actor who played “Blank Reg” in Max Headroom was projected as a character talking to Roy Scheider. I have the DVD set on my NetFlix list, to see it again.
J/P=?