Displair is a 3D interactive raster display technology developed by a Russian company of the same name. The Displair projects images onto sheets of water droplets suspended in air, giving the illusion of a hologram. Unlike other cold fog projecting technologies, the images projected by the Displair can also respond rapidly to multi-touch manipulation, as well as allowing taste and aroma to be incorporated.
Maxim Kamanin presented the first prototype of Displair displays, a technological advance that imitated the devices used in Minority Report. It functioned similar to a hologram, despite the fact that its structure was relatively simple.
Displair displays include a projector that can generate images on a curtain formed by tiny water droplets. The system also includes an infrared camera that detects our movements to know when we are “touching” the different projected images.
It is very simple to use, because we can interact with the projected images with our fingers, as if it were a touch-sensitive device. The difference is that the structure of these Displair displays is made up by simple water droplets.
Displair will be released in Spain by Ontinet, a technology company headquartered in Valencia. Its arrival in Spain will have a significant impact in different industries, which include advertising, tourism and airports, according to Matías Zublena, Ontinet’s COO.
The revolution in visual technology has gone from utopia to reality. Twelve years after Spielberg’s film, it now appears that Displair displays are no longer a futuristic option and are yet another innovative technological gadget.
