Tag Archives: IR

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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The MultiTouch Cell

March 20, 2009 – 12:00 PM

I came across this company during our research into multitouch displays. Their approach to scalability and use of LCD displays vs. projection is intriguing. We have not used this provider but their technology seems to have some advantages over existing projection-based IR systems. For starters they state that their LCD displays can support 1920×1080 (true [...]

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