Projection

Mercedes-Maybach's Digital Light can paint all sorts of useful symbols on the road in bright, high-resolution light from the headlamps

Automotive

Mercedes Maybach's new 2-megapixel headlights project images onto the road as you drive

New S-Class Maybachs will soon get an impressive intelligent headlight upgrade. Digital Light puts a million pixels of resolution into each headlight, and works with the car's sensors and computers to display a bunch of driver-assist information right there on the road in front of you.

This new projection mapping system can track movements and give the impression of an object reflecting light

Electronics

The light stuff: High speed projection mapping taken to the next mind-blowing level

Researchers have made an incredible advance in the field of real-time projection mapping, creating a new system that can simulate the way light reflects off a nonexistent 3D structure. The result is stunningly realistic dynamic projection that heralds a new generation of trippy performance art.

Electronics

See-through, all glass touch display promises to add wow factor to any event

Back in 2011, we brought news of a MIDI controller called the Emulator that promised to bring the club DJ out of the dark corner and take center stage. The company behind the transparent multi-touch system has now gone all-glass for the gloriously stylish XG touch controller.

Ron Mueck's huge installation features 100 giant skulls strewn around the gallery's classic art collection

Materials

Giant skulls and 3D-printed death masks: Art meets technology in the NGV Triennial

One of the prevailing features of the NGV's Triennial spectacle is just how deeply technology is infiltrating the world of art, from gorgeous 3D-printed death masks to an overwhelming room-scale installation that incorporates projections with movement sensors.

Hisense announced the world's first 4K wide-angle laser cinema television in Paris today

Home Entertainment

Lasers slice costs, replace LCDs in new large-screen TV

China's Hisense has today debuted a 100-inch 4K laser projection TV that's reported to be significantly cheaper than equivalent-sized 4K LCD televisions.

Researchers have successfully projected a full color image using a device which contains no colored components

Physics

Full-color imagery created from black and white prints, a prism, and a little math

An intriguing photo projection system uses only black images and a prism to project full-color imagery. A Dartmouth College and Disney Research Zürich study could result in future systems that dynamically trade off color fidelity, efficiency, and resolution to create full-color projections.

A new kind of 3D display designed for large-scale displays sends beams of light directly to the viewers’ eyes (Image: TriLite)

Electronics

Prototype system paves way for huge, glasses-free 3D displays

Austrian scientists have developed a new kind of 3D display designed especially for large-scale screens that doesn't require special glasses but, instead, sends beams of light directly to the viewers’ eyes via a laser and a sophisticated mirror system.

Ghost Ship is an installation at the Amsterdam Light Festival (Photo: Janus van den Eijnden)

Good Thinking

Ghost ship projected onto Amsterdam canal

Visitors to Amsterdam at the moment better have nerves of steel. A ghost ship has been spotted moored on one of the city's famous canals. There's no need to be scared, though. The spooky apparition has been created with some clever visual trickery, as part of the Amsterdam Light Festival.