Disney Company is developing technology that will allow viewers to try to touch the items demonstrated on different monitors. Disney offers to send three-dimensional television in the dustbin of history. The company believes that the future of the television industry has become palpable TV – Texture TV. Therefore, the best Disney technicians were employed to develop a new TV technologies, reports Mediasat.
Recently, it was reported that researchers from the Disney company managed to invent technology that allows you to simulate the surface of the flat screen structure of the various items that allows the viewer to feel what he sees.
This means that the viewer will be able to feel objects and surfaces that are present in the video, which he displayed on a variety of devices – such as a mobile phone or tablet.
Disney Company is also exploring the possibility of using this technology on large screens, which can ultimately be the beginning of a new generation of television – “tangible Television”, which can significantly enhance the ability of the industry in the future.
Division Director interaction in Disney Research Pupyrev Ivan said: “Sensor technology have become the standard for smartphones, tablets and even desktop PCs, so the creation of algorithms that can convert an image into an imitation of a tangible surface, has great potential for the future evolution of technology and user interaction . We believe that our algorithm will complement the visual content is an abundance of tangible information that will eventually lead to the emergence of many new applications for tactile displays ».
technology, which the researchers reported in the framework of the Symposium held in Scotland by user interfaces and technologies that aims to recreate the friction occurring between the surface of the object and the fingertips.
Researchers have found a way to simulate the sensation that occurs when you touch the edge of the surface, to the projections, rough and similar structural elements, using a sensation, arising in the skin when you slide your finger across the surface of objects in the real world.
structure of a surface causes the skin to shrink and stretch the finger in the process of moving the finger over the surface, sending impulses to the brain that tell him about the that’s what we touch it.
In Disney’s claim that they were able to recreate those feelings through the use of a flat screen on the surface of the electromagnetic field, which during the finger generates a feeling of friction by means of electrostatic forces.
Change strength of the electrostatic field can alter the perception of friction, which in turn allows you to simulate the feeling of different surfaces without touching them.
«Our brain perceives three-dimensional bump on the surface of objects, mainly through the senses arising from the tension of the skin, “- says Pupyrev.
« So when we evoke the tension of the skin at a time when a finger glides across the touch screen, we are deceiving the brain into thinking that the finger passes through bulge, despite the fact that the screen is flat ».
Company Disney Research conducted various studies related to the use of sensory and physical sensations for a new audience, enhanced perception of the various sights and attractions. In particular, we can recall a special miracle chair that allows you to simulate the sensations that occur while riding in a vehicle, or gives a feeling of coolness back in action movies or playing computer games.
Among Disney sure The new simulator surface can be used, in particular, in order to help people navigate through maps – technology helps simulate bends the earth’s surface, osyazaya to touch the mountains and valleys.
technology also helps to create a feeling occur when you touch the cactus thorns.
The company also claim that they can mimic the structure of the surface of the images projected on the screen, although this feature is unlikely to appear in theaters.
However, this the system can already be used to help the visually impaired who use it to be able to obtain information about the world, using the displays of different gadgets equipped with cameras.
Ali Asrar, an engineer Disney Research, who led the project, said: “The traditional approach to the reconstruction of tactile sensations is the use of libraries ‘mothballed’ tactile effects that are played if necessary recreate any given situation.
This creates some additional challenges to create tactile feedback when working with dynamic visual content that is constantly changing size and orientation of the object in space.
Our algorithm allows us to use more than one or two effects, but a whole system that allows you to adjust on the fly tactile sensations in accordance with the picture on the screen ».
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