Curious Displays is the thesis project of Julia Yu Tsao (Sept 2009), a concept that explores our future relationship with displays in the home. What if our display was ‘alive’, like little swarming bugs? What if your nano display was intelligent, connected to objects in your house and your communications?
“Curious Displays is a product proposal for a new platform for display technology. Instead of a fixed form factor screen, the display surface is instead broken up into hundreds of ½ inch display blocks. Each block operates independently as a self-contained unit, and has full mobility, allowing movement across any physical surface. The blocks operate independently of one another, but are aware of the position and role relative to the rest of the system. With this awareness, the blocks are able to coordinate with the other blocks to reconfigure their positioning to form larger display surfaces and forms depending on purpose and function.”
Of course it would get very annoying if you are watching Finding Nemo and it starts running around the room, but the project shows a different approach to ambient displays ubiquitous computing. The production of this concept, (animation by shadedbox, sound Jason Chung), is done to a high standard, making these tiny displays feel alive.
So how would we control these displays of the future? Tsao suggests:
“The user would need control of not just the usual channels and volume, but movement, functionality, and behavior, as well. What types of buttons would we have to have for the system? Would there be an array of buttons for different shapes and aspect ratios? For different types of functionality? For different display personalities, even? ”
Tired of these little guys following you around all day, demanding your attention? Then whack the kill switch in your back pocket.
Nice work.
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