krishna@fas.ri.cmu.edu (Krishna Pendyala) (06/07/91)
I have heard and seen a set-up where viewers could interact with a projected screen using a pointer. The pointer basically replaces the mouse. Therefore, you can access the menus and use the computer while watching a presentation if interactivitity was built into the design. Please send mail to krishna@cmu.edu, if you are aware of such a product, name, manufacturer and contact address or telephone #. Thank you very much.
km2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth E. Mohnkern) (06/07/91)
On 06-Jun-91 in Interactive Pointers? user Krishna Pendyala@fas.ri. writes: >I have heard and seen a set-up where viewers could interact with a projected sc >reen using a pointer. The pointer basically replaces the mouse. Therefore, you > can access the menus and use the computer while watching a presentation if int >eractivitity was built into the design. > I was sent a brochure on this thing a while ago, but tossed it. It's an LED overhead projection unit with a little attachment on it. The LED unit projects the Mac screen on the wall, and the attachment senses the motion of a laser pointer on the screen. It also senses when a little button on the laser pointer is pressed. So, in effect, your laser pointer is a mouse, moving around on a projected image of the Mac screen. When you point at menu title and click the button, the menu opens up. Just like a mouse. It sounds really cool, if it lives up the claims in the brochure. ken mohnkern # the graphics deli # the robotics institute # pittsburgh pa
km2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth E. Mohnkern) (06/08/91)
Re: Projection system and pointer for simulating mouse activities on the Mac.
It's here in MacWeek, pages 34 - 35. It's called the Proxima LCD
projection system, and the Cyclops wand. The address is:
Proxima
6610 Nancy Ridge Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-9639
800-582-2580
ken mohnkern # the graphics deli # the robotics institute # pittsburgh pa