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First Shareable Interactive Display

Posted by timothy on from the no-porn-here-aunt-margie dept.

Jeremy Newton writes "I want to share with you a new device that allows multiple moving images to be displayed to several users from the same screen at the same time. The project is called a "Shift in Time," my thesis project for NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. The driving goal of this project was to end fighting over the remote control, the gamepad, or the keyboard. It also makes room for new applications in marketing, games, and education. Recently it's gotten some buzz on Engadget.com."

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  1. wow by rd4tech · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is great; Now, if only someone makes multiple streams of sound riding on the same speaker...

    How about using it in the bank industry? The bank equips the ATM's with this, makes sure that the user is informed that he should sit strictly in front. Then the ATM displays "bait" information on all sides except the front side.

  2. Jeremy Newton, PR Machine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow, this kid is a one-man PR machine -- gets his page on Slashdot and Engadget, complete with his own videos promoting his work.

    I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just amused and rather impressed, actually. =)

  3. Re:Neat, but.... by CyberVenom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, as for practical applications, I can see 2:
    since this lens would be very cheap to produce, it might be interesting to see a lens packaged with a video game to allow head-to-head play on the same TV without traditional split-screen. (the TV would need to be high-definition to achieve any sort of usable resolution, and the game could present an interface to calibrate the image interlacing granularity and alignment so that the lens could be used on different sized displays.)
    The second practical use is a stereoscopic display without the need for red/blue, polarized, or shutter glasses. I think there is already a company that produces these, at some ungodly price...

  4. Not new by a long shot by rminsk · · Score: 5, Informative

    We were doing almost the same thing over 12 years ago a Georgia Tech using polarized glasses and an active shutter on the screen. Could not really find any useful application for it...

  5. Re:Neat, but.... by Raynach · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Well, I definitely think his example of two people trying to use the same TV as a great example. I mean, everyone has their own workstation now a-days, but last time I checked, most people will crowd around one large television in a living room. And last time I checked, families like to argue on what to watch.

    I think this would also be great for collaborative code writing. One person sits on one side, writing the code, while the other person looks at the spec/API. Need to check some? Just tilt your head to the other side.

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  6. This is nothing compared to my man/cat display by birge · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is it with the recent self-promotional use of /.? Next week, I'm going to try to get my own research on Slashdot: It is a liquid crystal display designed to be used by a man and cat, simultaneously. I call it kittiplexing, and it shows the human user their normal Windows XP desktop while showing a bouncing ball around the screen for the benefit of the cat. It requires that the cat wear a head-mounted optical unit I call the Digital Light Directing Optic. But once you strap it to the pussy, you just keep getting Windows until the batteries run out on the DLDO.