karinac-LookingOutwards-03

http://pdf.mmci.uni-saarland.de/projects/DirectionalScreens/

This is the new directional screen created by a group of six individuals, whose goal was to maximize a movie screen’s image quality across all perspectives of the audience members. Currently, much of the light and energy from screens are also displayed onto the walls, ceilings, and floors. To solve this problem by creating greater energy efficiency, this team of people created a new screen using CNC mills to design individual square panels compiled with tiny mirroring facet surfaces to project light solely onto the audience. This new design further accentuates the resolution and color reproductions of the project being exhibited, making it up to 15 times brighter than a simple matted screen. I was amazed at how practical and universal this new design could be in the future world of cinema. Before, I held the preconceived notion that computational fabrication was purely a visual art. Little did I know that it could also very well be applied in everyday life.