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Mitsubishi Electric's pocket projectors offer an ultimate personal display solution. These DLP-based projectors with RGB LEDs provide instant-on capability and are battery-powered for maximum portability. With the ability to overlay images on real objects, they are perfect for augmented reality applications. However, they can be affected by ambient bright light and display surface reflectance. The Aware Projector, introduced in Siggraph 2004, combines photosensing, RFID, and handheld projection to enable interactive stabilized projection and geolocation. The concept of "personal" display is explored, with shrinking portable devices that carry more data and the opportunity to switch between personal and public modes. The Pocket Projector is a modular, all-in-one device that can be used for various display applications and allows for communication with the tagged world through RFID and sensors. Collaboration is made easier with shared projection capabilities.
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Pocket ProjectorsAll-in-one Solution for Mobility, Augmentation, Communication Ramesh Raskar Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) Cambridge, MA, USA
Ultimate Personal Display ? • Mitsubishi Electric Pocket Projector DLP based with R, G, B LEDs Instant on, battery-pack Available Now
Pro’s and Con’s • Large image with small device • Image overlay on real object • Ideal for augmentation • Superposition of images • Higher resolution, brightness Issues • Ambient bright light • Affected by display surface reflectance
G R F I R F I D (Radio Frequency Id & Geometry) Photosensing Wireless Tags Find tag location usinghandheld Projector Interactive stabilized projection Many geometric ops Siggraph 2004
Augmented Reality with Photosensing RFID and Handheld Projector Siggraph 2004
‘Personal’ display • Shrinking portable devices that carry more data • Opportunity to switch between personal and public • Modular • Low cost mass market product • Will become building block • Platforms: TV, Stereoscopic, advertising, etc • Process: Tiling, Jittering, Superposition, Steering
Shader Lamps: Changing Virtual Illumination Raskar, Welch, Low, Bandyopadhyay, “Shader Lamps: Animating Real Objects with Image Based Illumination,” Eurographics Rendering Worksop (EGRW 2001)
Pocket Projector • Modular • Building block of every type of display • All-in-one • Display with small device size • Augment image overlay on real objects • Communicate with tagged world (RFID, Sensors) • Collaborate using shared projection merl.com
Handheld Projector Pocket Projector 2004-05 iLamps 2002 RFIG Lamps 2003-04