Lumisight Table: an interactive view-dependent tabletop display

A novel tabletop display provides different images to different users surrounding the system. It can also capture users' gestures and physical objects on the tabletop. The Lumisight Table approach is based on the optical design of a special screen system composed of a building material called L...

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Published in:IEEE computer graphics and applications 2005-01, Vol.25 (1), p.48-53
Main Authors: Kakehi, Y., Iida, M., Naemura, T., Shirai, Y., Matsushita, M., Ohguro, T.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Application software
Building materials
camera and projector system
Cameras
Computer applications
Computer displays
Computer Peripherals
Computer Simulation
Cooperative Behavior
Data Display
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Games
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Interactive
interactive display
Lenses
Lumisty film
Optical design
Optical films
Photography - instrumentation
Photography - methods
Physics computing
Placing
Screens
Tables (data)
tabletop display
User-Computer Interface
view-dependent display
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Summary:A novel tabletop display provides different images to different users surrounding the system. It can also capture users' gestures and physical objects on the tabletop. The Lumisight Table approach is based on the optical design of a special screen system composed of a building material called Lumisty and a Fresnel lens. The system combines these films and a lens with four projectors to display four different images, one for each user's view. In addition, we need appropriate input methods for this display media. In the current state of the project, we can control computers by placing physical objects on the display or placing our hands over the display. This screen system also makes it possible to use a camera to capture the appearance of the tabletop from inside of the system. Our other main idea is to develop attractive and specialized applications on the Lumisight Table, including games and applications for computer-supported cooperative-work (CSCW) environments. The projected images can be completely different from each other, or partially identical and partially different. Users can share the identical parts as public information, because all users can see it. This article is available with a short video documentary on CD-ROM.
ISSN:0272-1716
1558-1756
DOI:10.1109/MCG.2005.14