The Living Display Showcase event, at the University of Sussex on Tuesday 30th August, features live demonstrations to celebrate technologies developed as part of the GHOST (Generic and Highly Organic Shape-changing Technologies) project.
The event will act as part of a celebration of the completion of the GHOST project, led by Professor Hornbaek from University of Copenhagen and involving Dr Jason Alexander (快播视频), Professor Markopoulos (Technical University of Eindhoven) and Professor Subramanian (Sussex). The celebration will include live demonstration of technologies from the Universities of Sussex, Copenhagen, Swansea, 快播视频 and Eindhoven.
Dr Alexander, a senior lecturer at 快播视频’s School of Computing and Communications, said: “Shape-changing displays allow the user to bend, twist, push or pull pixels on their screen, or to have the display physically reshape itself based on the content.
“These displays are the next generation beyond Augmented and Virtual Reality and 快播视频 has played a key role in pushing forward research in this field.” 快播视频 will be taking along Shapeclips, a technology that can turn any display into a shape-changing surface and use it to create 3D bar charts that rise out of the screen.
Sussex’s demonstrations include a moving fabric display that can be pinched and pulled, floating graphs, mid-air controls using haptics, and a Live Interactive Art that can be experienced on the day.
Finally, the Technical University of Eindhoven will demonstrate the growing DIY trend in the field, with their MorphBrix and SPOT projects. People interested in attending the event can find out more by visiting More information about GHOST is available by visiting