Samsung hologram TV could offer Iron Man style screen controls

Samsung isn't just busy working on its Galaxy S10 and Galaxy X smartphones, it's also apparently working on a new display interface that could be named Tisplay. It sounds a lot like Iron Man or Minority Report in real life. At last!

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The display and name were spotted by ever reliable patent poker LetsGoDigital. It says the official Samsung patent application documents describe a totally new type of 3D television or monitor that uses a three-dimensional user interface.

The display connects to a smartphone which is used to control the three dimensional on-screen menus. The idea is to display content in 3D on the screen and have touch controls to look at it from different angles.

This doesn't use a hologram, yet, but is a step in exactly that direction. These kinds of interactive displays are just what a hologram will be like once that projection side of things is finally perfected.

The patent even describes the ability to use a camera to take real world objects and scan them into the virtual world. Yes, exactly like Tron.

The second patent for a software that 'displays virtual images' was called Tisplay so there is a chance that is what this device will be named, although not if Samsung has any sense. This was also described as a way of advertising in 3D. There is a chance this tech could be developed for shopping, in store as well as at home, in a virtual 3D environment that offers a more lifelike experience.