Augmented reality, surface style: extending displays through fiber optics

Authors:
Paul Hoover;Luis E. Cabrera;Curt Aumiller
Affiliations:
Microsoft, Redmond, USA;Microsoft, Redmond, USA;Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA
Venue:
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Most displays can show information only on a planar surface. In some cases it is advantageous to extend the display into the third dimension or inside objects on the surface. For instance, a person on one side of an interactive table might want to read a message displayed privately to themselves. This paper describes a novel use of fiber optics to take the light from a planar surface and extend it to display into the third dimension, both vertically and in any direction that the fiber optic is bent.