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The Thread Screen Display is One of a Kind

by Arthur Berman

Breakfast LLC (Brooklyn, NY) bills itself as a company that can rapidly design and prototype systems and develop IP for client companies and brands. The most recent device produced by Breakfast took 1½ years …

Tags:Fabric & Textile Displays| Reflective Display| Vol 22 - Issue 32

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Voxon Set to License Volumetric 3D Technology

by Arthur Berman

Voxon, Co. (Adelaide, Australia and San Francisco, CA) has developed a volumetric 3D display called Voxiebox. Voxiebox works by rapidly moving a flat screen up and down. An extremely fast video projector synchronously projects …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Volumetric Displays

Liquid Lens used to Address Problems in a Holographic Display System

by Arthur Berman

A recent publication introduces and discusses the innovative use of an electronically focusable liquid lens as the means to address chromatic aberration problems experienced in prior art, time-sequential holographic display systems. The team undertaking …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| Optics| Vol 22 - Issue 31

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The Sphericam 2 Video Camera Should be on the Way

by Arthur Berman

Sphericam conducted a highly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012 to develop the “world’s first 360º video camera for consumers”. The team is now back with what is on-track to be another successful Kickstarter campaign …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 29

“Fairy Lights” Holographic Display Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team composed of researchers from several universities and a corporation and led by Yoichi Ochiai, an Assistant Professor in the Digital Nature Group at the University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan), is developing a …

Tags:Imaging| Laser| Vol 22 - Issue 29| Volumetric Displays

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Samsung Continues Holographic Device Development

by Arthur Berman

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is continuing to work on means of generating digital holograms and a device for holographic display. A recent public indication of the company’s activity in this area is manifested in …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Microsoft Developing a “Holographic Interface” for Surface Devices

by Arthur Berman

The means of interface between people and computers is currently dominated by the use of a sextet of well-known devices: mice, trackpads, joy sticks, keyboards, styluses and touch screens. The latest news, however, is …

Tags:Holography| Microsoft| Vol 22 - Issue 27

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An Autostereoscopic Display that Presents Smooth Motion Parallax

by Arthur Berman

One of the challenges in many autostereoscopic display technologies is that of producing a smooth variation in the 3D imagery as the viewer moves in user space. That is, of producing smooth motion parallax …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Google Jump Captures the World in 360 Degree 3D

by Arthur Berman

One of the challenges faced by participants in the Virtual Reality industry is to make creating and watching VR simpler for consumers. To that end, Google has launched a new open source VR platform …

Tags:Google| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Zed Stereo Camera Records 3D and Depth at Every Pixel

by Arthur Berman

The Zed stereo camera, produced by Stereolabs Inc. (San Francisco, CA), is a lightweight depth sensor that can capture scenes in 3D in both indoor and outdoor venues. The depth information can then be …

Tags:3D Acquisition| 3D Depth Cameras| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

A Recent Development in Display “Privacy Mode” Viewing

by Arthur Berman

Privacy Mode is a term used to describe a solution to a common problem. This problem can, perhaps, best be identified by use of an example. You occupy the coveted center seat on an …

Tags:Microsoft| Privacy| Vol 22 - Issue 23

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Fove VR Headset is Controlled by Eye Movements

by Arthur Berman

Fove, Inc. a Tokyo-based startup with offices in San Francisco, is developing a consumer VR headset that includes eye-tracking technology. This feature is intended to give the user an “immersive and completely hands-free virtual …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22