Holographic Display
This wicked holographic display, or ‘mid-air video projector’, is called the Heliodisplay. Developed by IO2Technology, it appears to project an image from any video source onto a thin layer of smoke or mist in mid-air. The resulting effect is really cool, though I’m not really sure how pratical or effective it would be. Nevertheless, I would love to see one in person some time. The company site has a contact form if one wished to inquire about purchasing one; it’s never too early to start planning for Christmas, you know.
From the source:
The bottom frame of the image hover a few inches from the Heliodisplay and project up to 28″ (71cm) into the air. The slightly larger than a desktop computer tower M2 projects visible images under normal office lighting conditions.
“The Heliodisplay images are not holographic.” –Heliodisplay website.
From the looks of it, its not going to be great for text with the constant flickering and somewhat small display area (30″ diagonal isn’t that impressive when you compare it to a normal video projection). Also not too sure about the viewing angles but it doens’t look too bad.
My guess is that it’s best for impressing the pants off people who don’t usually see real 3D projectors and places where you don’t want an ugly screen. The website suggests building it into furniture which could work well. particularly if you have electronically controlled lights and blinds.
The best place for these though would be large public venues and events. Imagine one used as part of a concert/nightclub or instead the big screen displays in Times/Leicester Square. Also, these things can act as touchscreen input devices, I can imagine them being built into arcade machines if the price comes down.
“The best place for these though would be large public venues and events. Imagine one used as part of a concert/nightclub or instead the big screen displays in Times/Leicester Square. Also, these things can act as touchscreen input devices, I can imagine them being built into arcade machines if the price comes down.”
- yeah, that would be the best implementation probably. I don’t think I would want to watch a movie on this thing, but it would be really impressive to see in public places.
remember this game:
http://www.digitalleisure.com/pr/pr000511.html
hmmm public outdoor venues? surely the wind would screw it up?
Not if the image and projector were contained in Plexiglass or something similar.
like a plasma tv case.
if you watch the full video it ends on a small holographic projection, not a large projection like they say it is capable of, i’m not saying it can’t do the large projection but why not show the large projection to begin with??
myself i think this the beginning of a larger project that will progress and impress but for now i feel it is on a small scale and the video has been made to make us feel like the image was bigger than it was and to make us believe that the technology is more advanced than it is, even when the hand goes through the image the scale of the image is out of proportion to the hand.
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This technique isn’t new (It’s been used in old sci-fi movies) and it has already featured in a public happening. For years now the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands has a fountain that sprays a very fine mist of water. A laser then projects images onto this mist. The resulting images (mostly geometrical morphing shapes) are about 1.5 meters tall, depending on the spray. Especially at night it’s a very impressive show.
Only thing that screws it up is a strong wind.
It is my intention as part of an Australian design competition to put this mechanism into practice in a public space. If anyone can help me please contact me through - mildawg@gmail.com. Thankyou very much. Milan.
Disney has had similar methods of image suspension (Used in several of their older theme rides) for about 60 years or longer. Kept tidily under wraps as a proprietary secret….I really don’t think this can be considered ‘NEW’.