Foggy screens are usually an annoyance, but fog screens – where images are projected onto a fine mist – could open up the possibility of interactive holograms and free-floating displays. To make those ...

There is something spooky about being able to see and talk to the pirate Blackbeard while one walks down a dark alley and then stepping right through him as he disappears into thin air. Such ...

Microsoft seems to be aiming to develop touch screens that can alter their surface, giving users the feeling that they're touching an actual object. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Microsoft Corp. claims it has invented a way to make a computer display change its shape under a person’s fingertips. The company applied last month for a U.S. patent for a tactile touch-screen ...

Tricky-to-type touchscreens may become a thing of the past if Microsoft gets its way. The software giant has patented a dynamic form-shifting touchscreen that will help fingers feel the screen’s ...