Abstract
In this study, we focus on the behavior of oil floating on the water, oil bubble, for a flexible display surface and propose Oil Bubble Display that allows interaction with an image corresponding to the shape of flexible display surface. The system enables users to deform, fuse and separate the oil bubble and to interact with projected images. In order to project images onto oil bubbles, we mixed powder materials with the oil which scatter the projected light. In this paper, we implemented shape deformation of projected images, mixing and decomposition of projected colors, and summation and distribution of projected numbers. We then investigated the contrast and the time variation of flexibility. As a result, the concentration of powder materials for high contrast was found and appropriate flexibility was kept up to 15 times of operation.
