A new 3-D display lets you reach in and touch virtual objects (www.sciencenews.org)
from pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 16:49
https://sh.itjust.works/post/37031596

A new device renders 3-D graphics that users can grab, drag and rotate. Such interactive visuals — which can be seen without a VR headset — could help create new hands-on educational tools or museum exhibits. They might also be used to make 3-D artwork or video games.

Bouzbib and colleagues at the Public University of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain, replaced the flat screen with a row of elastic strips like the ones used in the waistbands of stretchy pants. Users could then reach down into the display, fingers slipping through the oscillating strips, to touch virtual objects. Cameras tracking the user’s hand allowed them to pinch, swipe, spin and otherwise manipulate the graphics.

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pelespirit@sh.itjust.works on 30 Apr 16:49 next collapse

Not going to lie, I kind of love this.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works on 30 Apr 17:17 next collapse

Mix this with a haptic glove and that would be pretty neat.

camilobotero@feddit.dk on 30 Apr 17:27 collapse

Add it a couple of ad banners, and you will have a queue of investors. And I did not mention yet the AI, which could be for the second round of funding…

Edit: Of course I’m being sarcastic. BTW, I like the haptic gloves idea.

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 30 Apr 21:50 collapse

Where’s the blockchain?

taladar@sh.itjust.works on 01 May 07:16 collapse

Arriving soon on the hyperloop.

asbestos@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 17:18 next collapse

Bouzbib is such a cool last name

Zarxrax@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 17:28 next collapse

This is for porn, right?

Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de on 30 Apr 18:10 collapse

What isn’t?

somedev@aussie.zone on 30 Apr 23:42 collapse

Betamax

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 01 May 08:35 collapse

I thought betas could only get porn?

multiplewolves@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 18:28 next collapse

Reminds me of this research from a few years ago, though the technical aspects of that are hard to find online. It seems much less interactive than this, but contains some precursor concepts about manipulating a shared projection of a physical object.

melroy@kbin.melroy.org on 30 Apr 19:34 next collapse

I like it alot.

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Apr 23:06 collapse

I like it alot.

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melroy@kbin.melroy.org on 30 Apr 23:12 collapse

A lot*?

knightmare1147@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 19:42 next collapse

This seems like development on the “hologram” technology that was attempted like this ages ago.

otacon239@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 19:43 next collapse

This is a really unique approach to the challenge. I hope they find a way to make it durable. Right now, it looks like someone could easily hook onto and yank on the strings, ruining what I’d imagine is a really delicate mechanism.

I foresee it being a hands-off display in any public/consumer setting until they figure that out.

deaddigger@lemm.ee on 06 May 13:13 collapse

Well going by the title … i mean technically that is possible with all monitors