Step 1
Fire
A droplet only where the image has a pixel.
01 · The promise
Floating images live in movies. Not in rooms.
Light needs something to land on. Empty air offers nothing.
02 · The idea
So we give the light something to hit.
Step 2
Carry
A calm air stream steers each one into place.
Step 3
Freeze
A violet pulse lights them up. Repeat at 60 Hz.
03 · The movie
Watch light stand still.
04 · Stage one · try it, simulated
Can you keep every drop on target?
The printhead fires, the air carries, a violet flash every 1/60 s freezes the droplets into an arrow. Stir up the air and watch the arrow fall apart.
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- Within 0.5 mm
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- Mean miss
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- Worst miss
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Start small. Measure first.
One number decides everything that follows: how close each droplet lands to its target.
- Test image
- 12.7 × 100 mm
- Pass mark
- ≤ 0.5 mm
- Time
- ~ 3 months · estimate
- Budget
- ~ €1,000 · estimate
Stage 1 · now
A curtain
Stage 2 · next
Layers
Stage 3 · vision
A volume
05 · Status
On paper, it works.
Nothing is measured yet. Here is what could still go wrong.
Open
Does the air stream stay calm enough?
Open
Do droplets push each other off course?
Open
Is it bright enough outside a dark room?
Open
Where does every drop land?
Known
Not a hologram. Real points of light in real space.
Known
You can touch it. Your hand gets wet.
Stage one · in progress
Be there when the first drop lands.
The stage-one result, hit or miss. Plus news worth sharing.
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