Touchscreen Computer Display Floats in Mid-Air

[that VERBAL]

http://www.everythingusb.com/io2_m2i_heliodisplay.html

As the manufacturer describes it "Heliodisplay images are not holographic although they are free-space, employing a rear projection system in which images are captured onto a nearly invisible plane of transformed air."

Watch the video at the link.This is something I would think to see on Star Trek, technology is getting crazy

 

[CivicKid95]

awesome. nice find

 

[NOFX]

Too bad about the wavy look to the images. Does the air have a mist in it to project the image onto or what?

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

It's just a rear projector.. Nothing amazing, the only thing I find interesting, is the USB connectivity.. but other then that, basicly, all it projects onto is probably a very fine mist

 

[that VERBAL]

It's just a rear projector.. Nothing amazing

it is touch sensitive....

and it is not mist, per say. It is "transferred air"

there is no water.

 

[Matt.]

thats like that computer from the movie paycheck! AWESOME!

 

[NOFX]

it is touch sensitive....

and it is not mist, per say. It is "transferred air"

there is no water.

Not "transferred, "transformed". They don't say what transformed air means though and there is nothing in the article that mentioned there not being water involved. In fact, an image cannot be projected onto air. There has to be something in the air there for the image to project onto. A fine mist seems like a likely candidate.

I have the feeling that "transformed air" is basically a buzzword (A word or phrase connected with a specialized field or group that usually sounds important or technical and is used primarily to impress laypersons) that the company made up to make it sound more intriguing.