Walk-Thru Virtual Environment

diso writes "Walking through a wall is now really possible. WAVE, a Walk-thru Virtual Environment is a novel, low-cost, and simple method for forming a superior quality physically penetrable fog display. It is a break-through technology, literally! This work has international patents pending. An early prototype was constructed with honeycomb paper as a low-cost laminar airflow generator. When the screen is formed, images can be either rear- or front-projected onto it. Despite of being a very early prototype, the experimental fog screen already proves the operating principle with excellent results."

Comments

It's cool, somehow.. cold even

[E_elven]

I've actually witnessed this thingy live in action, and must say it looked much better than in the pictures -although it's still not quite on the same iceberg with traditional contrivances for visual information.

The 'new' part about this is indeed the system to keep the fog smooth enough to be able to make it useful, as some bright individuals have already deducted, not the idea of projecting video on fog..

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Remember SeaQuest? Later DSV?

[RobiOne]

Ok, this is a deja-vu for me since I remember seeing this type of display technology on the SeaQuest series several years ago, where Capt. Bridger talks to his computerized friend who shows his face on the "fog screen".

Anyone done any research on this, or where the SeaQuest producers got the idea?

Re:Cardboard box science

[dumdeedum]

That old banana box IS their futuristic invention, it holds the fog until it's released via plastic drinking straws. It's the cutting edge I tells ya.

Read the pdf on the site, it's a lot more informative than either the site itself or the slashdot article.