Peephole Displays

benh57 writes "A student at Berkeley has come up with a novel approach for navigating small handheld displays. In effect the display is a "peephole" into a much larger information area. You see different parts of the display by moving the handheld around - no more tiny scrollbars. Check out the DiVX movies to see it in action. It even works in 3D!"

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[grub]

Being that it's similar to looking through a small hole to see a large interior I think they should call it The Speculum

And the lawsuits are already being filed...

[Motherfucking Shit]

A student at Berkeley has come up with a novel approach for navigating small handheld displays. In effect the display is a "peephole" into a much larger information area.

In other news, the X10 corporation, makers of stealthy spy cameras and ubiquitous web adverts, announced today that they are filing a patent infringement lawsuit against an unnamed Berkeley student. Said the CEO, "peepholes are our market and this is a clear case of infringement!"

Karate(TM)

[karlandtanya]

You could use the gyros (or whatever they use) in this device to detect orientation.

And you could use GPS to detect precision.

Then you could use a very fast wireless link to connect to a collection of high resolution earth images.

So, if you held the device in front of you and looked at it, you could see exactly what you'd see if your hand was empty.

PHBs should be able to buy this "empty-hand" device for $2500.00 in two years; the rest of will get it for $99.99 at Wal-Mart in five.