Now this is a cool idea. Take two projectors, some cameras, some IR sensors, and build yourself a multi-touch curved display that fits in the form factor of a desk. Take a look at the video to see some of the uses that they put it to. Personally, after looking at their photo application, I think that this might be great for a video editing application.
BendDesk is a curved interactive surface that combines a horizontal and vertical multi-touch surface seamlessly with a curve.
The Human Media Lab has some rough plans on how to build your own rudimentary spherical display using a short-throw projector, half-sphere convex mirror, and some cleverly utilized webcams.
Our spherical display prototype is a low cost, easy to build setup that can be constructed in a short time with easily available parts. The sphere detects touches using a diffused illumination (http://wiki.nuigroup.com/Diffused_Illumination) approach to multi-touch sensing, a popular approach in the DIY community. To project over the entire surface of the sphere a projector is pointed at a half sphere convex mirror mounted at the top of the sphere . This mirror also allows the infrared camera to sense touches at any location on the sphere.
They couple it with the open-source ‘Community Core Vision’ project and a modified Screen Capture plugin to put the entire desktop of a Mac system on the sphere and allow some basic multi-touch interaction. You can see some use cases in the video below. (Unfortunately, it’s a very low-quality video but you get the point).
A new installation at the famous racetrack Nurburgring in Nurburg, Germany consists of a LED media facade over a multitouch information wall covering 425 square meters, equivalent to 6,000 displays. It’s only 34-million pixels (surprisingly low for such a physically large display), generated by 15 projectors and supports multitouch from up to 80 simultaneous users.
Read more about the project at their site, and see a demo of the installation after the break.
The Norrkoping VIsualization Center and Center for Medical Image Science & Visualization (CMIV) have collaborated on a new product called the “Virtual Autopsy Table”, allowing interactive visualization and manipulation of Dual Energy Computed Tomography and MRI datasets.
The technique used in this table is already utilized successfully as a compliment to the conventional autopsy. Apart from avoiding cutting in the body the doctors can see things that are difficult to discover in a conventional autopsy. Furthermore, the technique opens up for new opportunities in countries where autopsies are not accepted due to cultural reasons. The technique can also revolutionize the traditional health care in many areas.
Looks like it’s using some pretty nice volume rendering algorithms combined with a multi-touch interface. See a video demonstration after the break.
A video on YouTube shows Ubisoft demoing their new real-time strategy game “RUSE” on a multi-touch enabled table display (possibly a Microsoft Surface, although that’s unconfirmed). It’s impressive, and they have obviously spent alot of time implementing support for it. However, from what I see they spent a lot more time fiddling with camera views and orientation than actually playing the game.
It does, however, show one possible design for a strategic battlefield viewing solution. See the video after the break.
What do you get when you combine a small computer, a projector, and a suitcase? You get the “Portable Large Interactive Display”. A prototype, from Hiep Truong, is small enough to be portant and turn any bright flat surface into an up-to 60″ multi-touch display.
For my master thesis at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the University of Technology in Delft I developed a portable system which allows users to create a 60inch multi-touch projection at virtually any flat surface. The concept featured a suitcase containing all the necessary components to create an interactive surface on a flat bright table.
An application is developed to support users in the building industry in performing ad-hoc meetings where large scale building plans can be projected and discussed on a meeting table.
A very impressive project indeed. See video of it in action after the break.
The Human Media Lab has some rough plans on how to build your own rudimentary spherical display using a short-throw projector, half-sphere convex mirror, and some cleverly utilized webcams.
A new installation at the famous racetrack Nurburgring in Nurburg, Germany consists of a LED media facade over a multitouch information wall covering 425 square meters, equivalent to 6,000 displays. It’s only 34-million pixels (surprisingly low for such a physically large display), generated by 15 projectors and supports multitouch from up to 80 simultaneous users.
The Norrkoping VIsualization Center and Center for Medical Image Science & Visualization (CMIV) have collaborated on a new product called the “Virtual Autopsy Table”, allowing interactive visualization and manipulation of Dual Energy Computed Tomography and MRI datasets.
A video on YouTube shows Ubisoft demoing their new real-time strategy game “RUSE” on a multi-touch enabled table display (possibly a Microsoft Surface, although that’s unconfirmed). It’s impressive, and they have obviously spent alot of time implementing support for it. However, from what I see they spent a lot more time fiddling with camera views and orientation than actually playing the game.
What do you get when you combine a small computer, a projector, and a suitcase? You get the “Portable Large Interactive Display”. A prototype, from Hiep Truong, is small enough to be portant and turn any bright flat surface into an up-to 60″ multi-touch display.
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