I don't think I have recently come across such an innovative device, or that, at least, is based on such a brilliant idea. This, my friends, is the pCubee Interactive Display, made by the smart guys at the Human Communications Technology Lab of the University of British Columbia.

So what is it? It might look like a silly little display cube, but actually this is a perspective corrected handheld cubic display. Perspective corrected means that the device is capable of adjusting 3D images by taking feedback of the user's position, and even allows them to interact with the content. Definitely something different from the common approaches to 3D nowadays, and it is most clear that this technology has a huge potential that you'll understand after watching the video embedded below.

Of course, this is in a research project status for now, so you'll have to wait a while before buying one. Nevertheless, if given enough exposure, we might see this implemented sooner than expected, but it's not up to us (the consumers) to say when. The pCubee features five displays, each of them showing a different perspective of a 3D image. You just have to rotate the cube in order to see behind, above or the side of the 3D content being displayed, and can interact with it via stylus.

If you're wondering about the means of achieving such capability, then mind that the pCubee takes advantage of a combination of motion detection (for sensing you rotating it) and perspective corrected images. Now, before I leave you watching the video, mind I claim that I know this is surely not the future of 3D, but should make some people think about other uses. Namely, I would see this employed as an elegant aquarium, one that lacks the smell and need of maintenance.




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