Curious Displays is an innovative product proposal designed for a new platform for screen technology. The surface of the display of this concept is broken up to hundreds of ½ inch display blocks, replacing the fixed form factor screen. Each of the blocks, having a full mobility, can operate as a self-contained unit independently, allowing movement across any physical surface.

Thus, the blocks of the concept do not depend on each other. On the other hand each is aware of the position and role relative to the rest of the system. This awareness allows the display blocks to be in contact with the other blocks, reconfiguring their positioning to form larger display surfaces and forms depending on purpose and function. Due to this, the blocks become a physical embodiment of digital media acting as a vehicle for the physical manifestation of what typically exists only in the virtual space of the screen.

Generally, displays have fixed-sizes and ratio surfaces. This content is varied–informational, auditory, filmic, and sometimes even spatial. Nevertheless, the relationship between the user and the digital entities within the defined surface of the screen creates a sense of fragmentation between two distinct separate spaces. A surface for media content to come alive is provided by the space of the screen but it is a marked separation from the physical space occupied by the user.

Some kind of a hybrid space for the physical and virtual to blend is created with the projection. One of the main features of the concept is that the projection can be seen anywhere. It can be seen on any surface at any time, and can disappear as quickly, providing many space-saving benefits and new opportunities for mixed reality interaction and augmentation. Nevertheless, the nature of such transitory medium defies basic rules that are core to our understanding of the physical world.

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