3D Display Uses Misted Water 65
An anonymous reader points out work at the University of Bristol into interactive, 3-D displays created by projecting light on misted water.
"These personal screens are both see-through and reach-through. The see-through feature provides direct line of sight of the personal screen and the elements behind it on the tabletop. The reach-through feature allows the user to switch from interacting with the personal screen to reaching through it to interact with the tabletop or the space above it. The personal screen allows a range of customisations and novel interactions such as presenting 2D personal content on the screen, 3D content above the tabletop or supplementing and renewing actual objects differently for each user."
The Aussies use these as warning signs... (Score:5, Informative)
For overheight vehicles, Australia uses projected light onto misted water for warning signs. Of course, people still ignore a 20 foot "STOP" sign and end up having a nice can-opener wreck.
Seaquest (Score:2, Informative)
This has been done.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-fYOth1DQs/TgW0NwfDr9I/AAAAAAAAHIU/n3DFXR_BJ3c/s1600/hologram93b.jpg
Not a volumetric display (Score:5, Informative)
I was expecting this to be a true volumetric display. Nope. It's just a standard 2D projector projecting images on flat sheets of flowing water droplets.
Where have we seen this before? (Score:5, Informative)
I sort of feel like I've seen this multiple times on slashdot before:
http://hardware-beta.slashdot.... [slashdot.org]
http://tech.slashdot.org/story... [slashdot.org]
http://hardware.slashdot.org/s... [slashdot.org]
Even more hillarious, the first one from 2003 has comments indicating that it, too, is a dupe.
This may be the mother of all dupes.
Re:The Aussies use these as warning signs... (Score:5, Informative)