Volumestrice Display Unit

WIP: This article is a work in progress and is not yet approved for usage in the RP.

Essentially a volumetric display technology used to give the false impression of depth into a two dimensional material from any input source - creating the false impression of a scene where there is none. In short, it can turn a flat panel into what the illusion of a window.

It can also project images and objects volumetrically beyond its confines and can estimate the position of any object beneath it, including the user - allowing for volumetric interaction.

Volumestrice can either be brought in plates or in the form of a paint which can be added to surfaces. It is extremely durable, able to endure being cracked, cut, warped torn and ripped – and still function, eventually knitting itself back together.

In terms of construction, volumestrice is composed of picojelly with a circuit of Phyliaus quasicrystals - specifically volumestrice. This crystal, rod-like in shape is able to emit visible light and can do so in different colors along its length. These rods are extruded and contracted in different patterns and respond to touch in a very tactile way with audiable clicking, texture and sensation. The lattice itself is in its depth corrugated along the X and Y axis meaning the direction of viewing alters what is seen. This is used to create a fairly convincing illusion that the display is a “window” into a new environment. Also importantly, volumestrice can become transparent akin to glass - useful for overlaying information in an environment or for integration into clear windows and tables.

Volumestrice is largely self-powering in the presence of an electrical source from a planetoid - specifically powered by ultra-low resonance frequency spectrum peaks from a magnetosphere - sometimes called the “schuman resonance” present on most any planet with a sun. In space, low-frequency radiowaves given off by sensor and engine equipment serve a similar task. This is all achieved thanks to Euralis phyliaus quasicrystals.

Excess charge is often used to power extremely simple computer systems that are essentially appliance-like - storing and recalling information or displaying system statuses from connected devices and tools but unable to do any meaningful computation - usable only for the bare minimum which is often just to provide a hardy face of information from a product.