June 9, 2005
Ads On People's Palms
It may be stretching things a little, posting this story here, but there's no reason why a cameraphone couldn't be used, though they don't say so specifically.
A research institute belonging to the the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group(NTT) has developed a display system that can show still images on the palms of people's hands, according to Nikkei.net.
"NTT Cyber Solutions Laboratories Group aims to commercialize the system, which it sees as a future means of advertising, because it will enable people to look at ads while waiting for somebody at a railway station, for example.
The prototype developed by the institute comprises a camera and projector set up on a tall tripod, which projects images toward people standing below. The system casts moving images of falling raindrops on the floor, and if someone holds out a hand as if to catch the raindrops, still images of ads are shown on their palm.
The system can keep sending a particular image to a person even if they move elsewhere within the projector's range or change the position of their palm".
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