Video: Epson and 3M create the 0.3-mm spokesmodel, eating disorders skyrocket
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jul 9th 2009 4:09AM
posted Jul 9th 2009 4:09AM
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legendary thomas. legendary.
I'd hit it.
(hack that thing and make her topless)
I saw this at a 3M conference a few months ago. Nothing spectacular really.
The one I saw was holding 2 round things at boobie-height ... really awkward.
... and they were spinning.
PS: it was motion sensor equipped. So when someone approached it started doing it's sales-pitch
I prefer the ones that simply project the video onto a white mannequin head - full 3D appearance
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For some reason, the video here reminded me of Blade Runner - strongly.
Least impressive thing I've seen all week. It looks awkward and useless, and premium priced. Pass.
Definitely better than some life-size cardboard stand-up with a blank expressionless mug.
ditto :P
and the applications for such a technology are ..erm .. many.
thing looks freaky
Another crap-gadget entry..I wonder if she'll plug in to my USB port?
I just wet myself a little.
lol check out that old fella that's staring below her waistline in the picture =P
From his perspective she's just a very sexy line.
This might be impressive if it moved outside of it's original silhouette footprint into the open air around it. As it is, it just looks like a standee cutout with a projector pointed at it which only animates small sections of the entire image.
Darn, don't cut the film to shape but make it a little larger. There you have your room for movement.
Yeah she does look a bit cramped trying to not move a millimerer in any direction, makes me feel uncomfortable to see it, and that is not a good sales pitch, making people feel uncomfortable in that way.
Then it would be a regular video billboard, it'll lose it's essence.
ive seen that "display-technology" some years ago in a local bank... semi-transparent screen and a wall-mounted beamer.... nothing spectacular at all... only thing here is the cut out screen wich fits to the shape of the woman...
We know, we weren't born yesterday and are engadget readers, we've seen projectors.
I'm sorry for once again speaking for all commenters, but I feel confident that I'm within bounds this time.
Wwhat:
What you said was totally out of bounds! Geez, the nerve you have...
D:
Supersine in the UK were doing this masked projection onto 3M film for Harrods back in April 2007:
http://www.ssdm.co.uk/News/harrods.html
What if she had one of those big Long Island hair dos the image would be outside of the borders, blinding the consumer.
soon to be featured in see through manaquins for pron
Her foot goes through the floor.
I saw something like that at the Mall of America. It was a Best Buy ad for the new store they opened there.
I remember seeing that Best Buy ad. It was cool to look at (and at the time I was really tempted to draw on a moustache with permanent marker) but how does this qualify as news?
Poor 2D girl :(
Well played Thomas!
Thank you for my morning chuckle.
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."
is it me or does this look like 3mm rather than 0 POINT 3mm? i don't think a 0.3mm sheet of plastic would be able to stand up like that...
It's talking about a .3mm film that's put on the plastic cutout. The cutout is probably just a stand to stick the film to.
Vizoo in Denmark have been doing the same kind of thing for years (and selling it all over the place): they call their technology VideoLogo. They have a bunch of other trompe l'oeil video systems as well.
i thought the 'whole plastic component' was like an LCD display.... i'm a n00b in this technology , so i don't know why are they making such a big thing out of this .3 mm film if there's this project (at the back, in teh video) running the show. can anybody enlighten please?