Son Of Ole
15th April 2006 - 06:47 PM
Sounds like I need to clarify a bit.
I need a surface that will reflect a projected image if the image is at an angle of greater than 30 degrees to perpendicular, but will let the image pass through if it is within 30 degrees.
In other words, if I project an image from a steep enough angle, the surface will reflect the light like a white wall, but if a projected image is from within the 30 degrees then the image will pass through.
The surface would need to look like as blank, flat, and white of a surface as possible when white light is projected at a steep angle to it.
It for a full, visible spectrum miniture movie screen idea I have, where the projected image should be allowed to pass through the screen if projected from the right angle. The viewers should not be able to tell the difference between the pass-through-surface and a white screen if the image is projected from a steep enough angle.
The reason the cardboard tubes won't work is that the image projected from a steep angle wouldn't appear correctly to someone looking at the screen.
I hope that helps... I wish the solution was as simple as straws

Let me know if there are any more clarifications needed.