Interactive display conglomeration on the wall

Abstract

We present a work in progress for a paradigm of wall-top displays for future offices, where instead of a small desktop, we treat the available walls as the desktop. Multiple projector-camera units, mounted on pan-tilt units (PTU), allow for the creation of the conglomeration of one or more high resolution displays, whose position, size, and aspect ratio can be changed by the user. This can be achieved by lucid gesture based interactions. Multiple wireless keyboard and mouse can be used to interact with the display(s) for shared collaborative or personal individual interactions. The system can also be extended to support stereoscopic projection and data input by superimposing projection displays and processing data from multiple cameras. This is achieved by a distributed network of projector-camera systems, and associated distributed registration and interaction methodologies.