Image display system with visual filter

A method for use by an image display system including a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code, a display coupled to the computing platform, a base including a motor coupled to a rotor for rotating the display, and a visual filter at least partially surrounding the display, the visual filter having an opaque mode and a transparent mode, the method comprising:

• setting, using the hardware processor, the visual filter to the opaque mode to obscure the display;
• spinning the rotor using the motor to thereby spin the display;
• generating, using the hardware processor and the display, a visual image;
• obtaining, using the hardware processor, a spin rate for the rotor while being spun by the motor;
• detecting that the spin rate of the rotor meets a predetermined spin rate while the visual filter is in the opaque mode;
• and
• in response to detecting that the spin rate of the rotor meets the predetermined spin rate, setting, using the hardware processor, the visual filter to the transparent mode to make the display and thereby the visual image on the display visible.

An image display system comprising:

• a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code;
• a display coupled to the computing platform;
• a base including a motor coupled to a rotor for rotating the display;
• and
• a visual filter at least partially surrounding the display, the visual filter having an opaque mode and a transparent mode;
• the hardware processor configured to execute the software code to:
• set the visual filter to the opaque mode to obscure the display;
• spin the rotor using the motor to thereby spin the display;
• generate a visual image using the display;
• start a timer for determining an elapsed time;
• detect that the elapsed time meets a predetermined time while the visual filter is in the opaque mode;
• and
• in response to detecting that the elapsed time meets a predetermined time, set the visual filter to the transparent mode to make the display and thereby the visual image on the display visible.