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Projecting Video On Curved Surfaces

Posted by timothy on from the angle-dependent dept.

Jochen Bedersdorfer writes "According to golem.de, a research project in the area of Augmented Reality created a technology to project videos onto arbitrary existing screen surfaces, like wallpapered walls or window curtains. ... Quite awesome. Now I can use this ugly corner in my living room effectively."

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  1. Imagine by foidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    being able to project porn onto boobs! The possibilities are limitless

    1. Re:Imagine by tehcyder · · Score: 1, Funny
      Er, don't you think your girlfriend would be upset if you were looking at what was moving over her boobs and not the boobs themselves?

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    2. Re:Imagine by aussie_a · · Score: 3, Funny

      Imagine being able to tape having sex with someone and while your taping it, project it onto the boobs ;)

  2. Interior Decorating from Slashdot by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have an ugly corner in your living room, and you're going to "improve" it by projecting some arbitrary image onto it?

    Try paintings. Or a ficus.

    1. Re:Interior Decorating from Slashdot by tehcyder · · Score: 5, Funny
      Yes, but you could project an image of a cool living room onto it and hide the fact that it was ugly.

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    2. Re:Interior Decorating from Slashdot by Cumstien · · Score: 5, Funny

      He seems like a normal guy, but why does he have a painting of a ficus projected in the corner of his house?

    3. Re:Interior Decorating from Slashdot by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

      It could be much worse. WallClippy: "I see that you appear to be pregnant. May I offer my congratulations?"

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    4. Re:Interior Decorating from Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hmmm ... what about "plastic surgery" from slashdot?

      If you don't like your face, just project a better looking image over it ...

      Or if you're in a conversation, and you don't like the face of the one you're talking to, well, that problem is easily solved now ...

  3. Well done. by Devar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good one guys, you just slashdotted Germany.

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  4. Re:DOOM 6 by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what if your home already is creepy, dark, and with strange noises from the corners?

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  5. Re:curved surfaces? by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    That could have some advantages. "In order to see this movie properly, we're going to have snuggle in close to see it without distortion. It's not me, you understand, it's just the projection system." (Which would be a disadvantage if you have the Trekkie XXXL Club over.)

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  6. Useful by oasis3582 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So does this mean I can project video onto my girlfriend to make her look like Keira Knightley? :) oh, and don't worry, I'm just kidding about having a girlfriend...

    1. Re:Useful by Fuzzums · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought they meant projecting ON curves.
      Not projecting curves ;)

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  7. "I was a 98 Pound Weakling..." by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...until I discovered the Slashdot workout plan! Sure, I still spend 8 hours a day in a dim server room and all my cardio comes from playing Counter Strike, but with this new Slashdot brand portable non-optimal surface video projection system I now have a full-body projection of vintage Arnold Schwarzenegger on me at all times! Okay, so he's a lot taller than me and that puts his weiner in the middle of my chest, but that *still* gets me more chicks than before! Thanks, Slashdot!"

  8. Meep meep! by Julian+Morrison · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is so much looking to be used as a "road runner" practical joke. Leave one of these projecting an "open door" and a "hallway" onto a solid brick wall. For the truly evil, project a "tunnel" complete with "diversion sign" onto the ground beside a road, at a sharp bend...

  9. Summary of My Method by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The way I project video on a curved surface is to point the projector at the curved surface.

  10. Back to the future. by YouHaveSnail · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny... until flat screen televisions came out, 99.99% of all video was "projected" onto curved surfaces.

  11. Re:Beyond screens and monitors... by Wizzo1138 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doom9 would be extremely cool.

    Or Duke Nukem Forever.

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