Obake: a prototype of a 2.5D stretchable touch screen developed at MIT

A silicone surface and several depth cameras and a projector, allow the user, even, experience a “pinch to zoom” effect.

Two laboratory researchers MIT Media Lab, Dhairya Dand y Rob Hemsley, have developed a prototype of a flexible touch screen.

Baptized as Obake, This silicone screen aims to become a 2.5D immersive environment in which, thanks to several depth cameras and a projector, the user might even experience a “pinch to zoom” effect, For example.

The intended result is to imitate the malleability of water, reaching the level of being able to make geometric figures in 3D.. The touch screen basically amounts to an interactive screen on top of an elastic surface.

This allows when pinching or pressing the surface, Depth cameras measure the reaction and generate adaptive images with great realism.

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