The evolution of Mirage…

Our innovative pre-launch puzzle continues with the preliminary presentation of our ® evolutionary patent pending inventions of Mirage… The classical toy Mirage 3d as described by the original maker Optigone Inc. is “Mirage® produces a small, full-color hologram of natural, lifelike appearance, allowing 360-degree viewing. To achieve these effects, the Mirage® utilizes a patented technology of two concealed, opposing parabolic mirrors. In overall appearance, Mirage® resembles a small wok with a 2-inch circular opening in the top. The physical object to be converted to a hologram is placed in the concave center of the bottom mirror. A hologram instantly projects up through this aperature, appearing to the viewer as a truly solid object.” … Yes indeed Mirage is a great classical device… Let’s consider now some of our innovations on the basis of this marvellous and almost 40 years old product… How about starting with the real simple innovations from the exterior… For example simply by integrating the said classical device in new type enclosures as well as by varying its dimensions and/or forms and/or configurations we get a number of new patents pending inventions with numerous novel applications as follows:
1) Constructions toys and puzzles (LEGO type and any other type of building constructions): in a basic embodiment an unit of the said classical device is incorporated within each unit of the building elements. The said building elements can be in the form of block, pyramid, polyhedron, etc any other regular and irregular form. Each unit of the said classical device within each of the said building elements encapsulates a fixed object or symbol or configuration of objects/symbols. The said encapsulated objects/symbols are seen as reflected real 3d image on the exterior of each of the said building units. Children can play by building any type of classical and novel constructions integrating real objects and 3d real images (holograms).
Some variations, among many others that we have applied for patents, are as follows: the said building elements instead of encapsulating the said fixed object within the said Mirage can feature removable objects. Therefore simply by engineering some open and/or closed apertures on the said elements/Mirage children can benefit by changing easily the objects in any building block. The said changing is done without opening the whole building element and the Mirage toy inside. In fact one can change the objects via the superposed apertures locating the objects in the said mirage through the said building element. It is important to mention that in our novel design the Mirage device can feature two apertures (and more): one in the top related to the real 3d image and one at the bottom related to the real object. The number and the positions of the said two apertures can vary in function of the shape of the said building elements and the purposes. The said mirage inside the said building units can be either in fixed position either in movable position. In the option of the said movable position the Mirage device can be moved and placed in different places within the said building units. The said movements can be executed either manually, either by any other source of natural/artificial energy. In brief the infinite universal variations that we are implementing are in conformity with all the universal principles and spirit of our patent applications “MOTTO UNIVERSE - MULTIFUNCTIONAL DICE DEVICE - MULTIPLE METHODS OF PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS » and “Method and apparatus for building an innovative universal multi modular system integrating universe objects, created models and users via novel magnetic mechanics and internet systems »
It is important to mention specifically that on the basis of the above basic embodiments and variations any expert in the art can make easily a practically infinite number of applications. The said applications can be related to any existing or new created building element or toy. For example Rubik cube, or Barbie, or Spiderman or any other toy or model can be manufactured integrating inside them Mirage type devices forming real 3d images and/or holograms. The principles are consistent and compatible with any other type of technology producing 3d images and holograms. The said real 3d images and/or holograms can be viewed within the interior and/or the exterior of the building elements or toys. The said building elements and/or toys can be configured in multiple systemic configurations of open and/or closed systems being static and/or dynamic. The said open and/or closed systems as well as statics and/or dynamics are related to the said objects within the said mirages and/or said mirages type devices, and/or building elements/toys.

2) all the above embodiments, variations and principles can be implemented in the creation of novel Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture domains
3) all the above embodiments, variations and principles can be implemented in the creation of novel fashion design/clothing embodiments
4) all the above embodiments, variations and principles can be implemented in the creation of novel unique advertizing methods and apparatuses
5) all the above embodiments, variations and principles can be implemented in the creation of novel Natural Context Masking of the devices for the purposes related to “invisible” sources of 3d images and holograms as well as other type of images/objects/symbols. For example we have created embodiments of 3d images and hologram generating devices enclosed in the empty box of a TV or PC or other electronics. The said enclosure of TV or PC is highly attractive as the public could hardly guess that TV or PC enclosure is a mere enclosure. In fact the public would conceive the said TV or PC or other electronics enclosure as a real TV or PC generating an image or hologram outside of the screen in the air. Such conception is highly efficient in terms of hiding the hologram generator as well as in terms of curiosity and attractiveness for the public. (Just for the record some of our patents pending inventions do cover embodiments and applications of real TV, PC, Projectors, Cameras, etc electronics featuring real 3d images / holograms and functioning on the basis of our most advanced developments of the said classic Mirage device and/or other technologies). Other examples of Natural Context Masking is our integration of hologram generating devices in Light sources and / or cameras. Think about the miraculous application when the said light sources and/or cameras are used in fashion context: For example one can generate a real 3d image or hologram of any living person simply by encircling the object/person with the lights sources. This context with the said light sources is typical for any exposition, fashion, event, etc. and is one of the most elegant ways to generate holograms “out of the blue” even “in the middle of nowhere” :). Just remember one of our previous publications specifying that the real 3d image generating devices does not have necessarily to be in the form of the said classic mirage device (by analysing the paths of the reflected rays within the convex mirrors it is clear that a device can be for example in the form of block, or just two superposed rings being just part of the mirage parabolic dishes, or even a number of superposed parabolic much smaller in comparison to a whole mirage device). Just look here and you will see what we mean:

Note: if the above diagram does not appear please see it in the site of the original Mirage maker
http://www.optigone.com/m2000.htm

The above is the diagram of the reflection path of rays of the said classic mirage device. So you do not have to have a PhD in optics to see that the said path of rays cover only part of the device and not the whole device. Therefore with some creativity one can engineer a number of efficient devices with different forms. For example a block, or in the shape of “8” (or the infinity sign when in a rotated position), or just the said superposed smaller parabolic dishes corresponding to the four lateral points of the above figure, or just the said rings corresponding to a horizontal ring near the top and a horizontal ring near the bottom covering specifically the points of the rays path… And so on open and/or closed configurations… Moreover the above figure is just one of the many possible geometry figures allowing the forming or real images… The number of configurations is practically infinite… So is the number of our innovations and applications… The above descriptions are just a fraction of our simple inventions related to the evolution of a classical device as Mirage… Wait and see our full spectrum of devices related to the said classical device alone and in combination with other classical and novel devices… The start is coming soon…

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