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Apple is always looking for new ways to make our lives easier and impress the world with new innovations. If you look at patents that the company has applied for within the last decade, you’ll see that Apple has a lot of irons in the fire and a lot of ideas for future technological advancements. The company’s patent list reads like science fiction.
Today, Patently Apple discovered a new patent for an interactive three-dimensional holographic display that does not require any glasses or other reflective medium and works along side Mac computers and mobile devices like the iPhone or iPad. The images would be displayed using beams of light emitted from multiple micro lenses.
The design description is vague, but basically refers to a series of micro lenses that would be placed in specific locations that would produce and reflect beams of light that would create the illusion of three dimensions.
According to the patent, the technology would also allow for interactivity. The 3-D hologram could be manipulated by using a finger or stylus, which would essentially interrupt the beams of light, but would make it appear that the user is interacting with the image.
Of course, this technology is far from being ready for public use, if it ever will be. however, it would be amazing to be able to use your iPad to display a 3-D object that you can rotate by touching it with your finger. The future is going to be pretty cool.
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