About
Pico projectors have lately been investigated as mobile display and interaction devices. We propose to use them as ‘light beams’: Everyday objects sojourning in a beam are turned into dedicated projection surfaces and tangible interaction devices. While this has been explored for large projectors, the affordances of pico projectors are fundamentally different: they have a very small and strictly limited projection ray and can be carried around in a nomadic way during the day. Thus it is unclear how this could be actually leveraged for tangible interaction with physical, real world objects.
This is a joint work between Telecooperation Lab and FX Palo Alto Laboratory (FXPAL).
Please direct any questions or inquiries to the corresponding author, Jochen Huber.
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Media/Press Coverage
English coverage:
- Engadget US: LightBeam pico projector turns any surface into a display, any object into a remote
- The Verge: LightBeam turns everyday objects into displays, controls
- Slashdot: Pico Projector Adapts To New Surfaces, Uses Random Objects As Input Devices
- gizmag: LightBeam makes any surface a projector display, and everyday objects a remote control
- Fellow GEEK: Augment Reality with cool new Lighbeam Pico Projector
- geek.com: LightBeam adds intelligent object interaction to pico projectors
- Ubergizmo: LightBeam pico projector turns any surface into a display
- PicoProjector-Info.com: LightBeam: a new research project that offers projected interaction with real world objects
- Tech-Stew: Any surface is a display, objects become remotes with LightBeam pico projector
- TFTS: LightBeam Pico Projector Turns Surfaces Into Screens, Random Motion Into Remote [LightBeam Pico Projector Uses Motion Controls To Serve As Remote, Offers Even More Unusual Features To Boot]
- AboutProjectors: Developers Unveil LightBeam Project
- Videomaker: Control Your Display By Learning the Ways of the LightBeam
- Stuff UK: Next Big Thing – LightBeam
- The Jane Dough: The LightBeam Projector Will Soon Be Saving You From Presentation Hell
- Geeky Gadgets: LightBeam Transforms Any Surface Into An Interactive Display
- PC & Tech Authority: Future tech: LightBeam
Other languages:
- Chip PL: Kartka papieru to twój wyświetlacz, a kubek to twoja myszka
- Gadzeto Mania PL: LightBeam – każda powierzchnia może być ekranem, a każdy przedmiot pilotem
- TechGear GR: LightBeam, η συσκευή που μετατρέπει καθημερινά αντικείμενα σε οθόνες και τηλεχειριστήρια
- Gizmologia ES: LightBeam: la tecnología que convierte en interactiva cualquier superficie
- Engadget ES: LightBeam, un pico proyector multi superficie capaz de transformar cualquier objeto en mando a distancia
- Engadget DE: LightBeam-Konzept erklärt jede Oberfläche zum Display, jedes Objekt zum Controller
- TechArena DE: LightBeam macht aus allen Gegenständen ein Display und nutzt sie zur Steuerung
- Engadget CN: LightBeam 微型投影机可追踪投影表面，还能侦测物体旋转遥控画面
- 36氪 CN: LightBeam能把任意物体的表面变成可被日常物件控制的屏幕
- MobileDevice RU: LightBeam превращает все поверхности в дисплеи
- InFuture.ru RU: Превратите любую поверхность в интерактивный дисплей с LightBeam
- MaxiSciences FR: LightBeam : un Pico projecteur affichant sur des objets du quotidien
- Tech in Side FR: LightBeam : le pico-projecteur qui s’adapte aux surfaces
- Gadget Report RO: Incredibilul LightBeam. Interactiunea video, intr-o noua dimensiune
- HDblog.it IT: LightBeam: pico proiettore che si adatta a qualsiasi superficie grazie a Kinect
- Engadget JP: なんでもスクリーンにするノマドなプロジェクター LightBeam
People
- Jochen Huber (Corresponding Author)
- Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser
External:
- Dr. Jürgen Steimle (MIT Media Lab)
- Dr. Chunyuan Liao (FXPAL)
- Dr. Qiong Liu (FXPAL)
- Former students:
- Faheem Nadeem
- Fawaz Amjad Malik