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Gushed diffusers: Fast-moving, floating, and lightweight midair display

Conventional aerial imaging systems are slow because they require a large, heavy setup. We use aerosol distribution from off-the-shelf spray as a fog screen that resists the wind and has high portability. As application examples, we present wearable applications and aerial imaging on objects with high-speed movements (e.g., a drone, a radio-controlled model car). Our study will contribute to the exploration of new application areas.

Suzuki, I., Yoshimitsu, S., Kawahara, K., Ito, N., Shinoda, A., Ishii, A., Yoshida, T., and Ochiai, Y. Gushed diffusers: Fast-moving, floating, and lightweight midair display. Adjunct Proc. of the 29th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology. ACM, New York, 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2984751.2985706

Suzuki, I., Yoshimitsu, S., Kawahara, K., Ito, N., Shinoda, A., Ishii, A., Yoshida, T., and Ochiai, Y. Gushed light field: Design method for aerosol-based fog display. Proc. of SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Emerging Technologies. ACM, New York, 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2988240.2988244

http://digitalnature.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/2016/08/glf/

Ippei Suzuki, University of Tsukuba,
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Shuntarou Yoshimitsu, Waseda University

Keisuke Kawahara, University of Tsukuba

Nobutaka Ito, The University of Tokyo

Atushi Shinoda, University of Tsukuba

Akira Ishii, University of Tsukuba

Takatoshi Yoshida, The University of Tokyo

Yoichi Ochiai, University of Tsukuba

Floating screen with projection (showing a morpho butterfly) under the drone (DJI Phantom 2; DJI Co., Ltd.).

The minimum weight of the whole system is around 600g (when we use balsa wood for the frames).