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3D Display Uses Misted Water

Posted by Soulskill on from the bring-an-umbrella dept.

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."

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  1. The Aussies use these as warning signs... by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

    1. Re:The Aussies use these as warning signs... by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 4, Informative

      Here is one link.

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  2. Seaquest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    This has been done.

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-fYOth1DQs/TgW0NwfDr9I/AAAAAAAAHIU/n3DFXR_BJ3c/s1600/hologram93b.jpg

  3. Not a volumetric display by Ferrofluid · · 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.

  4. How is this news? by scorp1us · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Movies special effects have been projecting images onto mist for at least 2 decades now.

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  5. Where have we seen this before? by LordLimecat · · Score: 4, Informative

    I sort of feel like I've seen this multiple times on slashdot before:
    http://hardware-beta.slashdot....
    http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
    http://hardware.slashdot.org/s...

    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.

    1. Re:Where have we seen this before? by tyme · · Score: 4, Funny

      That last link is memorable for the line "ultra-fine water droplets so small they lack moisture."

      Ah, good times.

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  6. LOL ... by gstoddart · · Score: 2

    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.

    Right, and god forbid what I want to interact with involves electricity.

    Brilliant, I'll just reach through this veil of mist and unplug this power cord or grab my cell phone.

    Sounds like neat tech, but the whole getting sprayed in order to reach through it seems like something I could live without.

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  7. hehe by der_joachim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds great for Steam games!

    (ok, ok, misted water != steam)

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    1. Re:hehe by DeadDecoy · · Score: 2

      It's probably just vaporware.

  8. oh my by itchybrain · · Score: 2

    It is a movie aficionado's wet dream come true

  9. Windows 9 by avandesande · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope they don't force us to use the fog-mist interface on the desktop.

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  10. Vaporware! by Katatsumuri · · Score: 2

    Okay, mistware.