May 24, 2013

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World’s first “Ice touchscreen display” built by Nokia NRC Tempere

Image of Nokia Ice Touch Screen

Researchers from the Nokia Research Center in Tampere, Finland, have turned a wall of ice into a huge interactive touchscreen display. Using infrared emitters and detectors to determine hand location and movement, the team projected images onto the blocks of ice so that users could see flames behind their hands. Happily, users didn’t need to [...]

Intel, Nokia Join to Develop 3D for Mobile Devices

nokia 3d

Intel and Nokia have announced at the University of Oulu in Finland, which has expertise in 3D interfaces, will be the home of their first joint research lab. The joint research center will create software for 3D and virtual reality experiences for use on mobile devices. The software will be developed by about 24 engineers [...]