Who has not tried to kiss a poster of a celebrity, but without much success? Researchers at Keio University have recently presented at the 2012 XD exhibitions in Tokyo, a new technology that could bring some dynamism to the posters.



To introduce the new system, researchers have developed a screen. It displays a picture of a woman. When the user approaches it, the face changes, as for a kiss. When he walked away, his face flushed.

In fact, the screen uses an ultrasonic sensor that uses the distance between the screen of the user. Depending on the distance between the two subjects, the image shown on the screen changes.

For now, this technology supports that vision changes. However, it could appeal to other senses of the user as smell, taste or hearing. The latter could, for example, feel the shampoo of the person shown on the screen, or taste her lip balm flavored with lemon, or hear a voice whisper "I love you."

The team of scientists working on an application for the iPad. Other methods of capture could be used as face recognition or a light sensor reacts to shadows created by the user who comes to the screen.

But why have developed such a system?

"I'm a big fan of popular idols, and I have several of these posters in my room. It frustrated me to see that the posters were not moving at all, "said Keidi Ogawa, one of the researchers.

In addition to an application for the Apple tablet, the researchers believe that this kind of technology could easily find its place in a commercial context.

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