Screenless Display

Old School

The Bees Knees

Types of Displays

Visual Image Retinal Projection Synaptic Interface/Brain Computer

Interface

Visual Image Hologram Projection on window

Retinal Display

Light projected directly to retina Prevents snooping Not limited by physical size

Reflected Light

How Vision works

Object

Light

Projected Image

Retinal Projection

Projector

Image

Synaptic Interface

Brain Computer Interface or BCI Like cochlear implant for the eyes No light projection Image sent straight to brain

Camera sends images to electrode implant

Predictions

Screenless display technology is likely to affectLighting and projection technologiesSoftware development/designLifestyles of the visually impairedCareer opportunities for the visually impaired

Sources

Enotes, Screenless, http://www.enotes.com/topic/Screenless Heliodisplay http://www.io2technology.com Technology Review, The Future of Interfaces is Mobile, Screenless, and

Invisible http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/25623 Wired Science, Holographic Telecommuting May Soon Be Possible

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/holographic-video/#more-41098

How Stuff Works, How Brain-Computer Interfaces Work http://computer.howstuffworks.com/brain-computer-interface3.htm The Future of Things, Heliodisplay Floating Display

http://thefutureofthings.com/articles/40/heliodisplay-floating-display.html Kid’s Health, Your Eyes http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html Holographic Projection Technologies of the Future

http://www.worldthinktank.net/pdfs/holographictechnologies.pdf