Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Turn Any Projection Into Touchscreen

Turn Any Projection Into Touchscreen
Has it always been your dream to play "Ms. Pacman" on the surface of Whistler's Mother? Have you ever dreamed of flinging an Angry Bird from the left pec of a shirtless bodybuilder to the right pec? If you could have gone through a season of "Madden NFL 2012" while playing every down on your mother's forehead at the dinner table, would you? All of these (admittedly) bizarre scenarios are hypothetical realities with MicroVision's pico projector with a touch-interactive display. It has the power to transform anything you project onto a wall from your laptop or smartphone into a touch-friendly screen. A comparatively small company based in Redmond, Wash., with a little more than 100 employees, MicroVision is the other "Micro" company in that town. But what it has introduced in Las Vegas is a product that can run with the big boys.

Check the Article for a great demo of  Mark Burson playing a touch screen helicopter game!