Touchscreen Computer Display Floats in Mid-Air

[ahmedzafar28]

This technology on 240. How fucking fascinating.

[TheRealCorsican]

It's water vapor; that's why they use the term "condensed air" although it is actually condensed water/fog.

[bryanadimej]

geez imagine porn on that thing!!



[natergator34]

I want this- it's the ultimate last technological invention for the daily use of the computer- I WANT IT

[joe12h]

where can i buy one of these?

[AdRiAnCoXtHuRmOnD]

could you tel me where you got this device and who made it?

[camycam178]

I can see it now, emitters as small as a watch attached to your wrist, It will be the new smartphone! :D I'm looking back at this comment in a decade. ;D

[crosscountrymouse]

@camycam178 Good luck being alive. ;D

[Hant420]

the first part almost seemed like it was controlled fog being sprayed up and a projector is displaying the image onto the fog like a lazer at a rave because at the top the fog is moving around alot... im probably wrong but just my first assumption

[pccontroller]

@Hant420 it's modified air.

[shiva1055]

@Hant420 you're pretty much right. It's light projected onto condensed air which is constantly pumped out of that box under the hologram

[AndreMey09]

Das ist leider alles nur ein Fake. Nichts neues!!! Ab Sekunde 30 sieht man einen Spiegel. Und diese Technik bekam 1971 den Physiknobelpreis.

Außerdem wird hier Luft erwärmt, was mal wieder ein absoluter Klimakiller ist!

Total alt und überteuert.

[FireFz]

this is for real and its abit old too.. the only problem is that is technology is expensive and not reliable.

[voniak289]

hey, you guys should search manila ocean park and there's a part of the show where they sort of use this technique in a big way...its kinda cool...haha

[pumaman1]

Ghost TV....

[SaintOwnerLP]

This actually makes me feel better about everything, because (and I know I'm a crazy mofo) but I was always worried that aliens saw us and laughed at how dumb we are, and maybe now that we have things like this, we might actually resemble something adequately intelligent.

[TheKaprys]

@SaintOwnerLP

They would still laugh at this..

[MrJoel397]

@SaintOwnerLP If I were an alien, I'd still be laughing. You have to look straight at the projector to get the whole image.

[Kookas]

@SaintOwnerLP Who says aliens are high tech? :> They might just have advanced space-related technology to get here.

[ziribai]

minority report

[s28400]

Within the next 5 years it will become the iFloat. The 9000th generation of the ipad lol

[erespan]

just like in the movies

[Amb3rF4n]

is this for realls?

[ubiquity555]

What would the CORRECT terminology be for the specific interactive capabilities of this device, it wouldn't be Touch-Screen - more like Touch-Nothing?

[TheThelilchico]

fake and gay

[TheThelilchico]

fake and gay

[spiko496]

I WANT....

[rysliv]

i wouldnt want this, weird looking, prolly just for modelling but anything else it will look bad

[crossmediatube]

thats not touch screen stupid its called holographic

[N0xN0ctis]

@crossmediatube It is touch screen. It's not holographic it's heliodisplay, there's a difference.

[EVLWNS]

I can guess how it's done. What I want to know is why it works at all. What phenomena lets this happen? How can can air be used as a screen?

[Baronstone]

@EVLWNS Its simple, they use a curtain of hot air as the drawing surface for the display

[EVLWNS]

@Baronstone Yes, I know that, that's obvious. What I'm wondering is why doesn't the light still just pass right on through? Is it the difference in refractive index between the curtain of air and the ambient air?

[PAPA601]

lol....its very simple, basicly all they doo is have a bunch of jets underneath( explains the rectancle box underneath) what the jet does is blow air at a fast rate, then they project a image onto the fast moving air, like a lazer through dust or steam, its a very simple design, it was on discovery channel not long ago

[TheQlabs]

Actually this is verry easy to do, in 1999 - 2000 i did some laser projections with a guy called gargamel in spain. We used some special materials to do this,...

[ewetyube]

I met a guy from Disney around 2002 who was talking about a similar technology. My guess is the air that is pumped out, the one the image is "displayed" on, is of a different density from the surrounding air. You can see how the flow dynamics of the air stream distort the projected image. My favorite part is how the reference point (the guys finger) is picked up on the virtual grid and relayed to the processor much like a touchscreen or magic white-board.

[DieZz]

@ewetyube or it could be some very transparent lightweight fabric that's ventilated upwards...

[smackout]

@jlspartz1 the technology should out to produce some sort of laser projector that scans across like an old tube tv electron gun. get say three of these lasers and have them so that they are always alternating frequencies. so if one is red the other will be green and the other cyan. if there was a way to be able to aim these scanning laser beams to an area in mid air so that they will always collide with each other at every point in the scan. an image surely would be created.. surely. lol

[ArduinoWill]

Actually it's projected on air vapor that's why it wobbles.

[keni0simo]

Come Ooon Guys seriously, its a Projection on Glass !!

[zonbox9]

@keni0simo his hand goes through the projection you can see it light up

[keni0simo]

@zonbox9 I agree but it goes through the light, u can see the shadow of his hand on the screen, check it out again :)

[brainstormer9]

tony stark IS real

[smackout]

old tech but new tech with the interactive function. good to see more development on this tech tho. hopefully soon we wont need a medium to project onto.

[jlspartz1]

@smackout what will stop the light then? i know there's a system that gives off tiny timed charges that burst to display an image in mid-air but it's picture is not great.

[TinoBoa]

die ganze scheiße zerstört irgendwann unsere welt !

[Kojack12son]

Damn their on that 2030 Technology.

[sisisisi1111]

by heating air and condensing water, the projector can project a moving picture onto this "plate" made of air.

Thats how this is made

[AbbeeNges3]

husearching for a guy that will make me go wild

[bassboy2947]

Looks real to me its probly made with water and a light somehow

[iasca100]

à croire que dans star wars c'était des visionnaire :)

[theoriginalJASONXYZ]

I think its kinda neat.

[TechnomancerMorhion]

@theoriginalJASONXYZ It's not really worth thousands, or even hundreds of dollars. A friend of mine built a similar device using nothing but a pipe, a sonic generator (small kind you get from garden shops), and soda water.

watch?v=xgSfJ3BpFQA

[theoriginalJASONXYZ]

I still think its a neat idea, I know its just a simple projector pointed at transformed air. :)

[Chipotleaway]

he is wise in the way on technology

[PiTaBoI94]

guys! guys. This is obviously aliens

[keitaru]

@PiTaBoI94 Call the MIB.

[JaydonTWhistler]

so in other words.. combined with sensors.. the screen it self isn't much more that a projection projected on small particles of H2O ... or well like i said befor.. its a way of doing it

[JaydonTWhistler]

if i have to guess.. i'd say it could be done with water.. well at least creating a screen with mist shower .. or at least im guessing that be one of the ways of doing it...

[redKELLYMHRCH]

It's probably just glass, or a flying lobster

[argon0]

NO, Home computing didn't start with DOS... First Home Computer was something like the Altair in 1975, with no OS to speak of...

[Technoguy3]

It's "transformed air"? Why doesn't that air float away?

[NoogahOogah]

If the air around you were constantly floating away, you would constantly be caught in a breeze.

[Technoguy3]

Well how come someone can stick there hand through it and it still work? The air would have to separate.

[NoogahOogah]

Do you doubt your senses??? The air does part, sir. As you can see, the holograph ceases to exist as long as his hand is there, and in place, his hand gets illuminated. Anyways, air does not have to remain perfectly still. Still or not, the frame itself is constantly being projected into the air at several FPS. So even if the air IS moving, the hologram will not. This isn't a fake. Google heliodisplay.

[Technoguy3]

I didn't say it was fake. But how come when you blow on it the transformed air doesn't flot away??? Why does the air stay in a specified position instead of move freely like any other gas?

[NoogahOogah]

Oh! Well, it does. You will notice that at the very top, it waves around a little. But the reason the air doesn't drift away, is that it does not simply drift out of the box, it is forced out of the box. You know, blown. It shoots out quickly, and retains its form quite well until it loses it's momentum.

[marokena]

cool

[tecEErbe]

Don't Write Like An Idiot, greets.

[Mimerneos]

I don't think we'll be able to read from that anytime soon

[pummelimo]

hi there, this system works very simple. its just a beamer and a hot air stream infront. the beamer must have a specified degree, if you want that the image is reflecting by the air. its the same like a fata morgana ( mirage)

[easytolearnmagicstuf]

it isn't hot air, it is micro-ice-particles from the water in the air that is cooled down and blown upwards through a beehive-like pattern in a plate, and a normal projector.

[insanekoolness]

kool but apparently there are still a few bugs...did you see how the cars danced there at the end? I'm guessing they are using two sources of light to create a 3d image yah? well they should try 3 instead, I bet it would be more stable.

[mikevitsi1]

I WANT ONE xD

cost just about 100.000.000$ i think :D

[LanteanKnight]

A Heliodisplay costs $20.000 and it's not yet worth buying, because it's not really providing high quality video output. I hope in like 5 years they get cheaper and better XD

[NoogahOogah]

Yeah, like, we started with MS-DOS. Now look where we are!

[contrist0]

we didn't start with DOS there kiddo, we started with punch cards

[NoogahOogah]

No, WE didn't, the businesses did. WE, the people, meaning HOME COMPUTERS, started with DOS.

[contrist0]

No sir, wrong again, ever heard of a commodore 64? or even better the apple IIe? oh the good ol days of computing, I still remember the beating i got for getting anywhere near that apple as child. MS-Dos was not even close to the first home computing solution in fact it wasn't even that popular till Gates bought for the low ball price of like 50k. Man that guy got screwed.

[NoogahOogah]

I see then. Well, they certainly don't sem to have gained much popularity in their day.

"Man that guy got screwed. " He's a billionaire dude.

[Sinfoniahorn]

Guys, we all know that this stuff was invented a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.

[thetraceur123]

WTF! I thought holograms was just future visions! Technology is improving...and FAST!

[mankyman6]

Wow, talk about fast technology advancements! Sooner or later this will be innovated into military equipment for map displays or what not!

It's just so awesome to think what this could be used for, well, besides displaying a car...

[rediwsCp]

u think that was on iron man?

[howdidugetsignedzak]

It's real but not 3D and display a bit shaking from the wind. And I am not willing to pay $60,000 dollars for a 25 inch display. But still cool to look at.

[VanguardDragon]

I want one!!!

[NOPQ8]

it's real, and I will be very glad if it will be invented soon working without helio, only in air!)))

[XxsoftcorexX]

I believe that you are referring to the gas "helium". It does work in air. If it didn't, the person who was using wouldn't be able to breathe. :)

[thedarkcow64]

all it is touch screen projection with lazers god damn it!

[thedarkcow64]

its not floating in the god damn air is projection get real!

[shreddidawg]

Its a car hit with a shrink machine being held in mid air by a levitating computer dummy.

[Xarello111]

Gimme gimme

[Anomajess]

woa pretty sick

I want one :)

[sterance2]

Oh crap. I saw this in a movie once. First, they're going to knock us out, then we'll forget the next year of our lives. Then, it'll be a big adventure of trying to find our big 'ol paycheck for researching the technology to do this. I think the movie was called, Knocked out, mind-frakked, paycheck hunter...or maybe it was just The Paycheck...

[ftn1313]

So its basically the dumbest thing ever? There is no functionallity, it has no tactile interface and it looks like garbage.

[JereHakala]

Just like HP Touch smart, but the touch smart makes your shoulders hurt.

[ftn1313]

Touch smart only hurts your shoulders if one, you are weak, two, you have it set up on a high counter where it is beyond your natural reach while sitting, or three, you are just too damn short.

[JereHakala]

Or if you're vigorously fapping to CP.

[edik23]

:O  ...

[JereHakala]

:o~~

[cyborgtroy]

lolololololol

[JereHakala]

Penis.

[firestormcomputers]

or playing CSS on it, WTF you be doing that for?

[JereHakala]

Mouse and keyboard, silly.

[firestormcomputers]

I know, it would be gunny watching somebody play with the screen lol XD

[JereHakala]

I would have broken the screen already, because I keep hitting something when I die @ cs.

[firestormcomputers]

so you break your mouse?

[JereHakala]

Done that, and few keyboards, and 1 tft + 1 crt D:

[firestormcomputers]

ZOMG CRT!!!!

[JereHakala]

Yeah, it did hurt tho, but at least I can say I have done it.

[antwawnkerton]

did u just throw it off the desk or whaT?

[94thts]

Well this screen you can punch right through so no problem there :P

[CookieOnMyShoulder]

omgz 3d holograms are next! (star wars... real?)

[zreiscool]

what does this have to do with star wars?

[GJRik]

Hmmm, how big is the chance its projected on the wall?

[BLACKBINLATIN]

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

[thevoiceofreason02]

I am sure that the minority report platform will be around soon, yet the advancement of the method in which we view a computers operations does not reflect its speed. Soon we will see silicon based computing replaced by a quantum method. It is predicated that by 2050 computer processor power will exceed our own. The birth of artificial intelligence is very near. I can only hope man can straighten himself out before that time...

[eyecandyalsobrownsug]

i wish i had one that's just crazy

[mynamesbobby]

i have one of these

[BlackvvvFist]

Pix or you're lying...

[mimfur]

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[mimfur]

wow star wars....

[twinkiesxonxice]

I wish stuff like this was out now... just so I could go to the best buy in the mall and try it out.. :3

[markok27]

Amazing , id buy one...

[redsoil5]

This technology will be the start of 3d television.

[DaDruminator]

its not perfect but its a proof of concept atleast

[sweedoo]

Fogscreen...this technology is a dead end... lame...

[Yunneck]

if fog screen could have max 0.25mm i wish have something like that

[beern22]

Japanese people have sooo cool gadgets!!

[lavendardust]

i love it, it's so pretty and cool.

[usurariodisponible]

ohhhh!!!

[DarthLamchop2]

Oo ooohj

[xopenguinsrulesxo]

yeah.. i think its transparent screen!!

[Leedfinger]

Holy crap get the shotgun... and sum spam..

[MillionSword]

Yeah, a screen of gas maybe, but its still in mid air

[kunaix4]

that is awesome i hope they get less wavy

[ianfagerstrom]

Remember when the internet didn't exist, and now we can't live without it. In 10 years we won't be able to imagine life without things like this. I for one can't wait.

[bobbobato]

Its just a different kind of monitor. How is this a practical advance?

[ianfagerstrom]

The possibilities are endless. An interactive display that takes up virtually no space could have thousands of practical applications. For all we know, this could be the basis for all computer technology in the future.

[jammacmarmalade]

I need one!

[theyareAs]

Nine Inch Nails is doing pretty much the same thing with their new tour setup

and omg, i pooed a little

[VapidVance]

crap

[xspawnnx]

The next generation of technology has arrived.

[Dutchpromo12]

dude this is editted idiot.

[DarkIP992]

hot

[twredsox]

yea it knows where your hand is because its like a laser trip wire and senses a break in the lights path

[vitruvian8807]

Yay, found what I was looking for. You can buy these for about $3,000 to $5,000 last time I checked.

[pop111234]

Its a projection screen somewhere shining on some falling mist. not too hard to do.

[Ulayala]

esse é show!!!

[FREAK9364]

I hate youtube's commenting limits. It encourages stupid and worthless comments.

[weirdspencer]

What do you mean?

[FREAK9364]

idk i just copied and pasted from another video lol.

but it does have a point

[tomaselvis]

Help me obi-wan kenobi...

...you're my only hope.

[eyecandy31]

its just an interactive projector

[srgtfrog]

this is kinda cool

[microwindowsxp1234]

Thats probably a projector.

[t4v1nh0]

ha jijo e la 8-)

[xylenz]

Help me Obi Wan Kenobi!

[StuBoyUK]

pretty kewl, just the air thing is a bit wavy like,if they could maintain the air pressure to be stable, it would be kewl..

[Spinmaster27]

I think there is some sort of plastic film that is floating that it is just projecting up on because you can see the image waving. Still pretty cool though

[LegoBen]

I personally think it looks like a projector aimed at the wall, maybe not "holographic" but just a screen/wall projector.

[gyph]

theres better videos of it on otehr websites. try google videos. its a real screen and cost $30,000 or somthin lol. well at least in a couple of years teh price will go down adn will be afordable by normal folk

[ScarfaceVLD]

Bulgarians,just like the computer,build this!

[jcade08]

U can expext a holographic spaceship (UFO) to arrive too.

[Animespara]

They are going to use this Technology in the near future you can well expect this by 2014 or beyond

[thenewyorkyankeessux]

its out

[gyph]

its out now but jsut at a high ass price.

[lionheartt77]

Im not gonna waste my time with a decent and well thought out response because this is all thats needed. You're a Dumb Bastard.

[lionheartt77]

You know its real because asian people are involved.

[SxKawabata]

lol

[wiishadow]

lol

[TheNewMatt2006]

I've seen this before. It's micro-mist.

[LeixVonStewart]

yeah, that's a fog machine projection. it dosen't really count as a holographic projection. still pretty cool though.

[ThePrion]

You have to remember that every bit of technology you are using today was invented 5-10 years ago and has undergone extensive testing and revision.

I doubt it is a fake.

But mid-air interactive holographic displays, are still a long way off.

[stream860]

i already have seen this type of stuff somewhere.. ok i get it! that was in the movie minority report!