Photonastic surface: pin matrix type display controlled with light

ABSTRACT

We present Photonastic Surface, a novel pin matrix type 3D form display. In Photonastic Surface, a photosensor is attached to each pin of the matrix, and the height of pins are independently controlled with light luminance or fast light flicker. It can express volume information effectively by overlapping projected images on the pin matrix and provide a new type of interaction between the pin matrix and human through light.

REFERENCES

• 1: S. Kimura, M. Kitamura, and T. Naemura. Emitable: A tabletop surface pervaded with imperceptible metadata. TABLETOP '07, pages 189--192, Oct. 2007.
• 2: Masashi Nakatani , Hiroyuki Kajimoto , Dairokou Sekighuchi , Naoki Kawakami , Susumu Tachi, Pop Up!: a novel technology of shape display of 3D objects, ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Emerging technologies, August 08-12, 2004, Los Angeles, California [doi>10.1145/1186155.1186177]

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.6 Methodology and Techniques

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
PVLC projector, pin matrix type 3D form display