Specialists of the University of Glasgow (Scotland) created a prototype of a tangible hologram. This is reported by the Converdation edition.
According to Ravinder Daahiya Ravinder (Ravinder Daahiya), special nozzles are used in the aerootact hologram, which are guided by a stream of air through different power. Thanks to this system, the pressure of various strength and the feeling of tanging real objects is created. The study was published in the Advanced Intelligent Systems magazine.
“Over time, it can happen that you can meet the virtual avatar colleagues at the other end of the world and truly feel his handshake,” Daahiya noticed. According to the scientist, the invention will allow you to transfer virtual communication to a new level.
In the project description, it says that the movements of the hands and brushes of the user track the sensors that control the force and direction of air. For interaction with the hologram, special controllers or smart gloves are not needed, the special nozzle on hand performs all operation.
The prototype was tested by the example of a hologram with a virtual basketball ball. “We managed to feel the round shape of the ball, the moment when he rolls off the tips of the fingers and when the fingers are repelled from its surface,” the scientist noted.
At the beginning of the autumn Samsung introduced the prototype of the display capable of playing a three-dimensional image. The screen matrix can be transformed and bend in several directions – thus it reproduces 3D content on a two-dimensional screen.