A remarkable digital representation of a spokesmodel was demonstrated at the International Stationery and Office Products Fair. It is a digital signage system - Vikuiti Rear Projection Film - developed by 3M.
The image is projected onto a 3 mm glass substrate cut in the shape of a woman; it is covered with a high-luminance rear-projection film, a microbead-arrayed surface that presents a brilliant image that can be viewed at any angle.
(Epson's high-luminance rear-projection film)
I'm wondering if the creators of this display were inspired by the surreal stained glass knight from the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes, which had the thickness of a pane of glass. Fans of sf movie effects may recall that is the first fully computer-generated movie character.
(Stained glass knight from Young Sherlock Holmes)
Update 03-Sep-2024: The earliest use of digital images in film is probably in Michael Crichton's 1973 move Westworld. It shows the viewpoint of the Yul Brynner gunslinger character.
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