Android prototype HoloFlex is not only flexible, but gives the viewer 3D without using glasses.
Researchers from the Human Media Lab at Queen’s University have created a special Android device. The HoloFlex not only stands out because of the flexible material so that the screen can be bent, but also because the holographic technology in the screen. This allows objects in 3D to be displayed without the use of a pair of glasses.
The screen can then be bent in order to adjust the depth, and by turning the objects are visible from all sides to the device. Obviously Holoflex is only a prototype, but it’s also a glimpse into the possible future of mobile technology. The device looks like this:
A 2D video to 3D product is obviously not ideal. In the video it is immediately clear how low the resolution of the 3D effect. Although the display 1920 by 1080 pixels has a “Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode’ touchscreen (also foled), the effect is not so sharp.
The smartphone works with images in 12-pixel wide placing blocks, making the resulting 3D object from all sides can be seen. These blocks are projected 16,000 fisheye lenses. The result is therefore a practical resolution of only 160 by 104 pixels. Yet you can so view the objects from all sides by simply turning the smartphone.
“HoloFlex offers a new way of interacting with your smartphone,” says Dr. Roel Vertegaal, director of the Human Media Laboratory. “It allows for glasses-free interaction with 3D videos and images in a way that is not the user’s burden.” Seen in the above video is also the potential for games, with an early version of a holographic Angry Birds. Next Monday the prototype will be officially unveiled at ACM CHI 2016, a conference on interaction between human and computer.
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