Tag Archives: IR

Christie Microtiles Field Trip

March 26, 2010 – 8:18 PM

I recently had the opportunity to take a field trip down to Christie to see MicroTiles in action.  MicroTiles are 12″ (height) by 16″ (width) by 10″ (depth) units that include a projector using rear projection. Their native resolution is 720 x 540 pixels per tile. They can easily be stacked together in different configurations [...]

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Virtual Graffiti Walls

July 20, 2009 – 10:01 PM

Early last year, I posted here about Graffiti Research Lab and their work in creating a methodology for virtually tagging buildings using a green laser, a powerful projector, and some really cool software that they developed and then released as open source. That methodology is equally applicable to smaller scale rear projection systems that can be [...]

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Microsoft Project Natal

June 8, 2009 – 5:56 PM

This newly revealed Xbox 360 interface device called Project Natal is a major step forward for consumer electronics as well as a huge asset for commercial deployments of interactive exhibits and digital out of home experiences. The technology (software and hardware in the form of a black sensor bar) promises to allow full body gesture navigation [...]

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Library of Congress Experience

May 23, 2009 – 5:39 PM

This award-winning interactive experience brings a 21st century engagement layer to one of our national treasures. With over 50 touch screen activities, a pre/post and standalone web experience, a bookmarking feature called myLOC, an ARG type adventure game and a 16 foot interactive wall, this experience has interactivity turned up to 11.

At a fundamental level, most [...]

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Microsoft’s Surface Multitouch Table

March 25, 2009 – 2:50 PM

We have all heard of Microsoft’s Surface system. It was released back in July 2008 to commercial partners as a new form of touch computing for public environments. There has been a lot of interest about this product over that last 10 months – clients and partners are asking us about it’s functionality, costs, specifications, [...]

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