Other Experiments
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Light Leaks
Wedge Display
Lickable Display
Electrowetting Display
Desconstructed LCD
Colloidal Bubble Display
Parallel Reality Display
Stackable microLED
Phases Mirror Display
Optical Trap Display
Robotics and Displays
Using standard projectors, an array of mirror balls, a lot of math, and a map of the space, Kyle McDonald and Jonas Jongejan created this piece to create spatialized visuals.
The CamFPD Wedge Display - No updates or news since 2004. Seems to be a similar principle to waveguide displays used for AR headsets by "projecting" light on a flat plane.
A researcher has combined a traditional display with an aerosol dispenser to spray a screen with different flavors that can be licked by a user to be able to taste what is on screen. The project is called Taste the TV by researcher Homei Miyashita
These displays promised an alternative to E-Ink but with a faster refresh rate but never made it to market. You can read more about them here.
This experiment involves using a special coilloidal solution and an ultrasonic speaker that can be used to "tune" the transparency and reflectiveness of a bubble when light is projected on it.
Most pixels are arranged as red, green, and blue pixels arranged horizontally side by side. In 2023, MIT unveiled a stacked vertical pixel arrangement that allows them to be stacked on top of eachother for greater horizontal density, an important component of higher resolution headset displays. Link
This piece really strays between lighting element and display for me, but I think it's worth mentioning. It uses an array of mirrors and lights to create controlled reflections around the space - Phases by Vincent Houze and AV&C
SImilar to some of the other listed experiments like Aerial Burton, Femto Fairies and acoustic levitation, an optical trap display uses a complex optical stack to essentially illuminate a particle in air. This has been researched by Daniel Smalley at Brigham Young University. More info at these links: Link 1 Link 2 (Whitepaper) Video
There are a few examples out there of displays on robot arms and moving displays. I'd say these are a little different from the mechanical displays in the other section since this is about moving whole units of a display versus moving individual pixel elements.
And while the below project from Bot and Dolly is really a projection mapping example, it really needs to be mentioned in this category.
