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Survey of Alternative Displays
  • Survey of Alternative Displays - 2024 Update Notes
  • 2022 Update Notes
  • Introduction
  • Outline
  • Standard Displays
    • Standard Displays Overview
    • LED
    • Projector
  • Alternative Displays
    • Overview
    • Transparent
    • Volumetric Displays
    • Modified Polarizers
    • Electronic Paper/E-Ink
    • Flexible Displays
    • Lasers and Laser Projectors
    • Lenticular and Multiview Displays
    • Light-field Displays
    • Head Mounted Displays
    • Circular and Non Rectangular
  • Techniques
    • Overview
    • Pepper's Ghost
    • Projection on Static Transparent Material
    • Volumetric Projection
    • Projection on Water or Fog
    • Diffusion and Distortion Techniques
  • Experimental/Other
    • Overview
    • Physical/Mechanical Displays
    • Switchable Glass
    • Drone Displays
    • Ultrasonic Atomization of Water
    • Electrochromic Paint
    • Light activated and other Reactive Surfaces and Materials
    • Scanning Fiber Optics
    • Acoustic Levitation Display
    • Plasma Combustion
    • High Refresh Rate Displays
    • Other Experiments
  • Legacy
    • Overview
    • Cathode Ray Tube
    • Eggcrate and other Numeric Displays
    • Glasses-enabled 3D
    • Pyrotechnics and Other Curiosities
  • Closing Notes
  • Appendix
    • Holograms and the Ideal Display
    • Misleading Terms
    • Notes about Touch Screens
    • Virtual Production and XR
    • LCD Polarizer Removal
    • DIY Transparent Screens
    • Acknowledgements and Additional References
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  • Light Leaks
  • Wedge Display
  • Lickable Display
  • Liquavista Electrowetting Displays
  • Deconstructed LCD
  • Colloidal Bubble Display
  • Stacked microLED
  • Phases by AV&C
  • Optical Trap Display
  • Robotics and Displays

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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

Light Leaks

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.

Wedge Display

Lickable Display

Liquavista Electrowetting Displays

Deconstructed LCD

Colloidal Bubble Display

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.

Stacked microLED

Phases by AV&C

Optical Trap Display

Robotics and Displays

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.

The - 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 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. .

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.

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 -

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:

CamFPD Wedge Display
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You can read more about them here
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Phases by Vincent Houze and AV&C
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Link 2 (Whitepaper)
Video
Cere Davis's Liquid Loom
Phases by Vincent Houze and AV&C
Dotdotdash for Adidas and Prada
Box by Bot and Dolly
CamFPD Wedge
Homei Miyashita's Lickable Display