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exceptional idea a business / consumer must have. The vision is where is should be and setting standards across the board
the only problem is privacy -- use in public would be moronic for personal business, and very limiting if only used for general browsing since most intelligent people prefer privacy over convenience -- i mean, really, do you want to do your online banking at Starbucks projected up in a holographic display for everyone to see?
Transparent screens that are visible from both sides are only good in sci-fi where you have an audience who needs to see your face and screen at the same time.
Concepts shown in that video do not represent any sort of reality.
1) Ultra Thin Design...highly unlikely:
You have to have a place for the battery, so a phone as thin as it is in the video is out (unless Apple finds a way for an iPhone to run on CR-22s)
2) Laser Keyboard...not probable:
Laser keyboards have to be projected from above to work. Unless you want to have a bulky extension to your iPhone, it's not likely it will happen.
3) Holographic display...not even feasible
A holographic display looks like it would be fun, but then again, it's not feasible...a projector needs something physical to bounce light off of, else it will not show up. Current holographic displays are produced by the display bouncing off of a series of mirrors so that it appears to be displayed in midair. Such is not the case on an iPhone, even if it were to bounce off of internal mirrors. The only projected video you would see in midair would be...nothing.
1) Ultra Thin Design...highly unlikely:
You have to have a place for the battery, so a phone as thin as it is in the video is out (unless Apple finds a way for an iPhone to run on CR-22s)
2) Laser Keyboard...not probable:
Laser keyboards have to be projected from above to work. Unless you want to have a bulky extension to your iPhone, it's not likely it will happen.
3) Holographic display...not even feasible
A holographic display looks like it would be fun, but then again, it's not feasible...a projector needs something physical to bounce light off of, else it will not show up. Current holographic displays are produced by the display bouncing off of a series of mirrors so that it appears to be displayed in midair. Such is not the case on an iPhone, even if it were to bounce off of internal mirrors. The only projected video you would see in midair would be...nothing.
Your thinking is locked tightly in a box of your own design.
1. Things get smaller every day.
2. The laser keyboard exists and it is 3in. tall, much smaller than most phones. Look it up. It does not project straight down but at an angle. The phone would have to stand up but it's not that big of a stretch.
3. A similar effect can be done today with a pocket projector. As for a true mid air hologram it's called a Static Volume display: "A technique uses a focused pulsed infrared laser (about 100 pulses per second; each lasting a nanosecond) to create balls of glowing plasma at the focal point in normal air. The focal point is directed by two moving mirrors and a sliding lens, allowing it to draw shapes in the air. Each pulse creates a popping sound, so the device crackles as it runs. Currently it can generate dots anywhere within a cubic metre."
1. Things get smaller every day.
2. The laser keyboard exists and it is 3in. tall, much smaller than most phones. Look it up. It does not project straight down but at an angle. The phone would have to stand up but it's not that big of a stretch.
3. A similar effect can be done today with a pocket projector. As for a true mid air hologram it's called a Static Volume display: "A technique uses a focused pulsed infrared laser (about 100 pulses per second; each lasting a nanosecond) to create balls of glowing plasma at the focal point in normal air. The focal point is directed by two moving mirrors and a sliding lens, allowing it to draw shapes in the air. Each pulse creates a popping sound, so the device crackles as it runs. Currently it can generate dots anywhere within a cubic metre."
You obviously aren't up on current events. MIT has demostrated displays that use air to bounce off of. So, yes, that technology is feasible and you don't have to use mirrors to do it.
I think the display, like many of the 3-D "innovations," would simply give one a headache.
The keyboard, on the other hand, might go! One of course, needs clean space by the phone or tablet to use it (so why not just have a bluetooth keyboard in that space?--one less gadget to carry around!). The fake-keyboards are the weak spot of especially the smaller devices (Samsung Galaxy 4" is a lot easier to use then the LG 3.2 inch--same size as iphones).
A low-tech display extender to go with the laser keyboard? Remember those Fresnel "lenses?" See a larger screen image farther from one's face. Effective resolution would not be worse than those no-glasses 3D headachers.
The keyboard, on the other hand, might go! One of course, needs clean space by the phone or tablet to use it (so why not just have a bluetooth keyboard in that space?--one less gadget to carry around!). The fake-keyboards are the weak spot of especially the smaller devices (Samsung Galaxy 4" is a lot easier to use then the LG 3.2 inch--same size as iphones).
A low-tech display extender to go with the laser keyboard? Remember those Fresnel "lenses?" See a larger screen image farther from one's face. Effective resolution would not be worse than those no-glasses 3D headachers.
I remember that somebody (can't remember company name) had an accessory for Palm's handheld PDAs that could do this -- a projected bigger screen image, and a laser surface keyboard to facilitate data entry.
Concept worked great with flat surfaces in low-light environments. Gadget folded up to the size of a large pen (easily portable).
Would definitely help out iphone/ipad touch.
Concept worked great with flat surfaces in low-light environments. Gadget folded up to the size of a large pen (easily portable).
Would definitely help out iphone/ipad touch.
The keyboard is already a reality for the PC, is just matter of adapting it to the phone. The display definitely not even close. Current technology still needs something to project the image on so I think we are at least 10-20 year behind the holographic-on-the-air solution.
But the video is very cool!!
But the video is very cool!!
MIT has demostrated displays that use air to bounce off of. So, yes, that technology is feasible and you don't have to use mirrors to do it.
I don't care about this ultra thin design; just give me a powerful system with a lot of processing power. The laser keyboard and holographic screen would be nice, but then your again going to the PC way of using it.
that is currently in testing is the touch screen portion of these tablet/phone devices doubling as a solar charging surface for the device.
http://oneworldforusall.com/blog/wysips-solar-charging-touchscreen-solar-power/
http://oneworldforusall.com/blog/wysips-solar-charging-touchscreen-solar-power/
When I heard about the bluetooth laser keyboard at thinkgeek.com I imediately wanted to pair it with a pocket projector and an Android. You can do this with 3 devices and some surfaces today. The bluetooth laser keyboard works and a pocket projector can be plugged in to my phone via it's hdmi port.
If one device had all of these things built in it would be cool but it would be bulky. It would have to be a tablet, not a phone, at first. The device would have to stand up to project the keyboard on the table and the screen on the wall. It could turn any desk touching the wall in to a workstation.
If one device had all of these things built in it would be cool but it would be bulky. It would have to be a tablet, not a phone, at first. The device would have to stand up to project the keyboard on the table and the screen on the wall. It could turn any desk touching the wall in to a workstation.
... and so where do we dispose of the spent 12-month continuous plutonium power supply wafers?
how would u feel if we dump some trash in your room, huh?
A study on the use of laser keyboards with regard to typing speed (Wang & Hedge, A Usability Evaluation of a Laser Projection Virtual Keyboard, 2008) showed that the average typing speed on fixed keyboards was 41.07wpm and the laser keyboards was 15.91wpm. Also, error rates were higher on the laser keyboard (10.23% VKB vs 4.09% FKB).
Ergonomically, the use of a laser keyboard is flawed. One has to individually perform key presses while completely removing the previous fingers out of the laser detection field in situations where keys are depressed from the upper row of letters to the lower rows of letters, eg. (problem combinations capitalised) EXit, WArnED, OLd, UMbrella, etc.
This can not only create a situation where one is attempting to type without resting their wrists on the surface immediately behind the keyboard (may have implications on the forearm flexor muscles at the elbow) but may also cause wrist dysfunction due to the extensive use of the finger extensor muscles in order to keep them out of the laser sensitive zone (similar to the way a piano player would strike the keys in a 'staccato' manner).
Ergonomically, the use of a laser keyboard is flawed. One has to individually perform key presses while completely removing the previous fingers out of the laser detection field in situations where keys are depressed from the upper row of letters to the lower rows of letters, eg. (problem combinations capitalised) EXit, WArnED, OLd, UMbrella, etc.
This can not only create a situation where one is attempting to type without resting their wrists on the surface immediately behind the keyboard (may have implications on the forearm flexor muscles at the elbow) but may also cause wrist dysfunction due to the extensive use of the finger extensor muscles in order to keep them out of the laser sensitive zone (similar to the way a piano player would strike the keys in a 'staccato' manner).
Try dummming your fingers on a table top for, say, 5 minutes. Does that feel like a good way to spend your day on a "keyboard"?
There have been a number of tests on using brain wave sensors (Think EEG) to provide an input source for a computer. It requires some training, but so does a keyboard. Sounds wild, but how long has it been since a cell phone was just a nebulous concept? Personal computers have been around less than 40 years, and look at how they've evolved. This iPhone concept won't happen tomorrow, or even next week. But the week after next? Who knows?
... that I would REALLY like to see an iPhone perform, is one where it completely DISAPPEARS!
Completely useless comment. Nothing wrong with an iPhone since if it wasn't for the iPhone the others wouldn't be here. And you wouldn't be wanting it to disappear since you wouldn't have whatever you do, that you think is superior to it.
The IPhone started nothing but the apps most of the other features were already available in other phones the only thing the IPhone got the lead on was the downloadable apps which
Who had the interface before Apple? From what I can tell, they were the first to offer gestures when navigating. And, a single mechanical button where the rest of it is software driven. Anybody do that before Apple?
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