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the ability to embed an array of micro-cameras of adequate quality between pixel rows of an LCD is surely only a few years away.

sandworm101 10y ago
With cameras the size of a pixel, you may be up against some quantum limits re resolution and lenses. It would probably be easier to ape the effect by digitally altering the image on the fly.
- happyslobro 10y ago
  What if each pixel was actually a steerable directional two way transceiver antenna in the visible spectrum? o.O Ok, so now were looking at something a few decades away. Hey, this could actually make zooming work really really well, depending on how well you could aim the antennas. This might work as a combination telescope / microscope...
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Ok, so now were looking at something a few decades away Or maybe never? Some things just cannot be done. Physical limits and such.
    - happyslobro 10y ago
      Well, we've already got the beginnings of visible light nano-antennas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna). I'm not sure how directional they are, but we do have MEMS cantilevers to point them individually. Granted, getting this all working together as a combined camera/monitor is the kind of thing that could keep a generation of engineers and scientists occupied, with no guarantee of success.
  - outworlder 10y ago
    Something like a phased-array camera?
- qmalzp 10y ago
  Catch-eye claims to be able to do this [1]. Never tried their software myself. [1] http://catch-eye.com/ http://catch-eye.com/
  - danieltillett 10y ago
    Thanks for this. Once again wasting time on HN pays off. Edit. They seem to be using this camera which is also very interesting [1, 2]. Unfortunately the camera is still to be released. 1. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/realsense-overview.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-tech... 2. http://click.intel.com/intelrrealsensetm-developer-kit-featuring-sr300.html http://click.intel.com/intelrrealsensetm-developer-kit-featu...

sandworm101 10y ago

With cameras the size of a pixel, you may be up against some quantum limits re resolution and lenses. It would probably be easier to ape the effect by digitally altering the image on the fly.

happyslobro 10y ago
What if each pixel was actually a steerable directional two way transceiver antenna in the visible spectrum? o.O Ok, so now were looking at something a few decades away. Hey, this could actually make zooming work really really well, depending on how well you could aim the antennas. This might work as a combination telescope / microscope...
- coldtea 10y ago
  >Ok, so now were looking at something a few decades away Or maybe never? Some things just cannot be done. Physical limits and such.
  - happyslobro 10y ago
    Well, we've already got the beginnings of visible light nano-antennas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna). I'm not sure how directional they are, but we do have MEMS cantilevers to point them individually. Granted, getting this all working together as a combined camera/monitor is the kind of thing that could keep a generation of engineers and scientists occupied, with no guarantee of success.
- outworlder 10y ago
  Something like a phased-array camera?
qmalzp 10y ago
Catch-eye claims to be able to do this [1]. Never tried their software myself. [1] http://catch-eye.com/ http://catch-eye.com/
- danieltillett 10y ago
  Thanks for this. Once again wasting time on HN pays off. Edit. They seem to be using this camera which is also very interesting [1, 2]. Unfortunately the camera is still to be released. 1. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/realsense-overview.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-tech... 2. http://click.intel.com/intelrrealsensetm-developer-kit-featuring-sr300.html http://click.intel.com/intelrrealsensetm-developer-kit-featu...