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 feature

(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 feature

(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.


A promoter shows off  liquid crystal display (LCD) television panels in Seoul earlier this year

LG Display claims world's thinnest TV panel

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 8

South Korea's LG Display said Monday it has developed the world's thinnest LCD television panel, measuring 2.6 millimetres (0.1 inches).


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 feature

(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 ...


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.


Sony 3D display

Sony Unveils 360-Degree 3D Display (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 11 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at the DC Expo in Tokyo, Sony has introduced a new 3D display that can be viewed from any direction. Unlike many 3D displays, the new display does not require glasses to view the 3D ...


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 feature

(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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