The inFORM Dynamic Shape Display from MIT's Tangible Media Group allows users to interact with data with a minimum of physical barriers. It also allows users to virtually reach through a display ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A projector mounted above the surface provides context to the shapeshifting pins, giving them color and ...

There are a number of approaches currently used to create transparent displays, such as transparent OLED and LCD displays or simple reflection, however, most are limited in terms of viewing angle.

Two years ago, MIT’s Tangible Media Lab demonstrated the inFORM project, a “dynamic shape display” that, through a series of pins and actuators, could physically change shape in response to the user ...

We live in an age of touch-screen interfaces, but what will the UIs of the future look like? Will they continue to be made up of ghostly pixels, or will they be made of atoms that you can reach out ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! Displaying information on transparent screens isn’t something the 21st century hasn’t ...

A woman driving to a job interview gets lost. Not wanting to be late, she pulls up a map and the transparent display appears on her windshield, helping her find her way. This scenario isn’t that far ...