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This new technology was brought to my attention by Eric Smith.
A company named io2technology has created a product called a Heliodisplay which projects full color streaming video into the air. According to them, “The image or video is fully interactive allowing a hand or finger to select, navigate and manipulate the image or video as a virtual touchscreen.”
I find this very intriguing, and see many potential implications. If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is interactive mid-air video worth?
Check it out at http://www.io2technology.com
Perfect for politics.
Extending the technology out a bit, it could be great for Relay.
One thought is the luminaria. Two years ago, my local Relay got so large, the verbal reading of names became impossible. So, we went two auto Powerpoints projected. The problem is where to project. Imagine the name images floating above the Relay track…