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One Screen, Multiple Views

Posted by Unknown on from the digital-catan-expansion dept.

First time accepted submitter e-sas writes "Researchers from the University of Bristol have built a new type of display which allows both a shared view and a personalised view to users at the same time. Through the two view-zones, PiVOT provides multiple personalized views where each personalized view is only visible to the user it belongs to while presenting an unaffected and unobstructed shared view to all users. They conceive PiVOT as a tabletop system aimed at supporting mixed-focus collaborative tasks where there is a main task requiring the focus of all individuals of the group but also concurrent smaller personal tasks needing access to information that is not usually shared e.g. a war-room setup. Imagine you and your friends playing multiplayer Starcraft on one big screen instead of individual computer screens!"

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  1. This thing is as clear as mud. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The summary makes zero sense, and looking through the article, it's equally as confusing.
    From what I could gather from the video, it's just a tablet of sorts that shows different images depending on your angle.
    I'm still not even sure of that though, anyone here want to translate it to idiot speak for me?

    1. Re:This thing is as clear as mud. by Kenoli · · Score: 2

      It's a nonsense device. The summary is also awful. Multiple users playing Starcraft on one screen? Nobody would ever want to do that, especially not at the crazy viewing angles the device uses.

    2. Re:This thing is as clear as mud. by pecosdave · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Mario Kart on the other hand would completely rock if you cold have two different players full screen on the same screen on the same couch.

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    3. Re:This thing is as clear as mud. by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · · Score: 2

      It made me think of the flat top versions of Pac Man or Galaga.

  2. good for presentations, not much else by locopuyo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The technology is pretty cool and there are some uses for it but I think in most cases it would just be better to have multiple screens.
    The only times I really see much use for is slide show type presentations. The presenter has some extra notes he can read while the audience just sees the slides.

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  3. Real use. by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    You play games, your boss see work.

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  4. old news by gbjbaanb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    my (next) car already has this: a split screen view so the driver can see the satnav while the passenger can watch movies or TV (with headphone support to avoid distraction)

  5. No, no, did not read full article. by Animats · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They put a reflective film on a LCD monitor and aimed a projector at it. If you're almost perpendicular to the display, you see the projected image; otherwise you see the LCD image. The setup is that the display sits flat on a table and the projector is overhead, pointing down. If you lean over the display, the image changes. The room lighting has to be dim for this to work.

    It's cute, but the applications are limited.

    If you really wanted many people to see different things on the same screen, the various tricks used for 3D (shutter glasses, polarization) would be more effective.

  6. Imagine being able to watch porn without worrying by Nadaka · · Score: 2

    Imagine that while your wife is watching some chick flic, you can be watching a chick-on-chick flic on the same screen.

  7. Speakers by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boss: I see the spreadsheet. But why is your PC making porn noises?

    You: Oh crap! Its resume time again.

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