Does a spherical-section computer display exist?
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Easy to find monitors curved in one axis, but this wastes all the vertical space! The optimal shape would obviously be a spherical-section. (Of course this means your windows can't be rectangles anymore... IDK, make the GPU figure it out.)

DIY or extremely high-end projects don't count, it must be consumer-focused. Other things that are obviously not in the spirit of the market also don't count.

For example I would not accept flight simulator hardware that costs $200,000 and is incompatible with my laptop. Nor would I accept a postage-stamp-size spherical screen. It must be reasonably useable for normal computer work, like a normal monitor.

Resolves NO if no one finds one by close.

  • Update 2025-11-11 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Projectors are acceptable if they work and project onto a spherical screen, meeting all other criteria (consumer-focused, reasonably usable for normal computer work, etc.)

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Hmm, I can't even find a cylindrical-section screen that's large enough for what I want

Would be nice if at least one person in these comments bothered to read the market description...

If we want to be turbo pedants: does a CRT display count? Every CRT display IS a spherical section; it just happens to be convex, rather than concave. OP's description only specifies "spherical section". (Although, I could see this falling under "not in the spirit of the market")

Last one for 2nite. How do you feel about projectors? And projecting onto a spherical screen? This seems the most doable.

@TonyBaloney Only if it works

Oh snap! This looks a little more promising. Alibaba really has everything.

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Winfin-Custom-LED-Display-Screen-of_1600915504791.html

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Meowdy! These spherical LED spheres are cool for events but don’t fit the market’s “normal computer use” and consumer focus. I’ll dig more later tonight for any hidden gems!

@MiaCat why is concave normal but convex absnornal? Think outside the sphere

@TonyBaloney I think in physical dimension ball like there have been holograph projectors, but the issue here is surface not 3D

Still waiting for my ten trackball input device...

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