Multi-touch Screen Display
In thin air: Could touch display projected on mist replace physical screens?
(CNN) -- If buttons are a thing of the past and touch screens are the present, what are the screens of the future?
It's not a riddle, but it is a trick question: if the projections of companies (like Displair) are true, then the screens of the future won't be screens at all but interactive images floating in mid-air.
According to Russian designer Max Kamanin, creator of Displair, high-tech displays made from mist and air are "the next step in visual technology".
(Projecting 3D images onto sheets of mist) gives the illusion of a hologram: An airstream is created from tiny water drops, (similar to the ones in the clouds). The water drops are so tiny they don't have any moisture in them; you can test it on paper or your glasses -- your piece of paper will remain dry and your glasses won't steam up. We can then see images (that are projected onto these tiny water drops).
With the technology consisting of (air, water and light), Displair is one of the simpler concepts in the burgeoning holographic and 3D projection industry.
With Displair, users need not wear special glasses (as (如) with (用) many other new screen systems) because the image is being displayed onto an invisible screen; and that screen responds "intuitively" to hand movements -- 1500 of them -- many of which are similar to those (used on our mobile devices, such as pinch-and-zoom.)
The screen-free display comes at a time when concerns are emerging over the hygiene of digital multi-touch displays: "By creating Displair, we have developed a product (which can be used as a public terminal such as timetables and restaurant menus,)" says Kamanin. "It means that in the future when bigger displays are created, numerous people can use Displair at the same time, play games and search for information."
Projecting forward, Kamanin says that in the future he and his team hope to explore scent, to offer users a multi-sensory experience. For now though (不過), he says the basic technology needs further refinement to improve the picture quality and interaction speed.
Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCO4di-E3U
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/24/tech/touch-display-projected-on-mist/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJlV_Y8Znu8
Vocabulary Bank
Display (v) (n) 顯示
Replace 取代
‘Project (n) 計畫; 方案
Pro’ject (v) 投射; 投影
Projector (n) 投影機
Projection (n) 前瞻; 投射
physical (a) 物理的
riddle (n) 謎
float (v) 漂浮
mid-air 半空
according to 根據
visual (a) 視覺的
Sheet/piece (n) 片; 張
illusion (n) 幻影
Hologram (n) 全像
Holographic (a) 全像的
airstream (n) 氣流
tiny (a) 微小的
water drop 水滴
moisture (n) 濕氣; 水氣
test (v) 測試
piece (n) 張
Remain (v) 依然; 依舊 (+ adj)
steam up 起水蒸氣
Consist of 組成
Burgeon (n) 嫩芽
Burgeon (v) 萌芽
Burgeoning (a) 正萌芽的; 正迅速發展的
holographic (a) 全像攝影的
visible (a) 看得見的
invisible (a) 看不見的
Respond to 反應到; 回應到
intuitive (a) 直覺得
intuitively (adv) 直覺地
pinch (v) 捏
zoom (v) 將 … 推近(遠)
screen free 無銀幕的
concern (n) 顧慮; 關心
Concern ~ over/about 對 … 關心
Emerge (v) 出現
Hygiene 衛生
Terminal 終端產品
timetable 時刻表
menu 菜單
numerous (a) 無數的
project forward 向前看
scent (n) 香氣
multi-sensory 多重感官的
though (adv) 不過 (置於句尾時)
Refine (v) 精緻
Refinement (n) 精緻; 更好
is capable of 能夠的
Register 顯示
Simultaneously 同時地
Virtually 幾乎地
unlimited 無限制的
