News tagged with volumetric displays


Improved Volumetric Displays May Lead to 3D Computer Monitors

Improved Volumetric Displays May Lead to 3D Computer Monitors

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (24) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Volumetric 3D displays have been around for nearly a century, but they face several challenges that have prevented their use in widespread applications. Recently, a team of researchers from ...





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Immaterial display allows viewers to handle 3D images in air

Immaterial display allows viewers to handle 3D images in air

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (82) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future of immersive entertainment, people may not only walk through floating 3D images, but also manipulate the images in thin air. Taking a step toward this reality, researchers have ...


Power-sipping cell phone displays come closer

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- The first factory dedicated to making a new type of power-thrifty cell phone display has started operations, Qualcomm Inc. said this week.


Kindle display maker E Ink to be bought for $215M

Technology / Business

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million.


HoloTV Images Jump off the Screen, into Tomorrow's Homes

HoloTV Images Jump off the Screen, into Tomorrow's Homes (w/Video)

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unlike today’s biggest and most realistic LCD and plasma TVs, 3D TV screens can project images that seem to float in mid-air beyond the screen. That means, for instance, that viewers could ...


'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future

'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

With millions of people in the United States eagerly awaiting those July 4 fireworks displays — and our Canadian neighbors doing likewise for their July 1 Canada Day celebrations — here's a prospect for those ...


Window display

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just one click and the window turns into a display. At the Hannover Messe from April 20 to 24, Fraunhofer research scientists will be demonstrating light-permeable conductive coatings as the basis for transparent displays. ...


Organic light-emitting diode screens ready to go mainstream

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 6

It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight.


Owls' dawn and dusk concerts promote visual communication

Owls' dawn and dusk concerts promote visual communication

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reporting in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE April 8, Vincenzo Penteriani and Maria Delgado of the Estacion Biologica de Doñana, Spain, describe the evolution of white throat badges in association with d ...


Rice as a source of electricity

Technology / Energy

created Nov 21, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Rice yields an abundance of biowaste: Husks make up around one quarter of the weight. Only a small fraction of this is utilized, for instance, to fire distillery furnaces. Researchers at Hanoi University of Technology now ...


Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities

Liquid-OLED Offers More Light-Emitting Possibilities

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are poised to go mainstream in the near future, scientists continue to explore new twists on the technology. Recently, researchers have fabricated ...



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