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type: Article
title: So thats how R2D2 did it!
description: Two separate innovations are about to take the humble monitor to a new dimension - the Fog Screen and the Heliodisplay both use projection onto mist or dry fog.
resource: https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-09-18-so-thats-how-r2d2-did-it/
tags: [Shorticles, Tech]
timestamp: 2003-09-18
---


Two separate innovations are about to take the humble monitor to a new dimension. The [Fog Screen](https://web.archive.org/web/20091126171823/http://www.fogscreen.com/index.html) has been developed in Finland and used a dry mist as a suface for projection. The other system from [Heliodisplay from IO2 Tecnology](https://web.archive.org/web/20091126171823/http://www.io2technology.com/) is even more interesting as it uses air and has interactive properties. It does not use holography and looks amazing! Every home will have one even at $22,500 for a prototype - yes its not in production yet!


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