A micro-projector which can create a touch display up to 80-inches in size on a flat surface
The two year old start-up called Touchjet has already secured funding for its Pond Projector on the Indiegogo crowd-funding website.
Built on the Android 4.4 operating system, the infrared projector will interface with a smartphone or tablet using a third-party app.
What the company calls a light processing unit picks up an infrared signal which then runs through an image-processing algorithm.
That process translates the location of the user’s gesture into a standard touch point signal.
The system can process thousands of points and dozens of projected frames per second.
A second product, the Touchjet WAVE uses the same technique to turns almost any flat screen TV or monitor into a touchscreen.
The projector is portable, weighing 9.6 ounces and has a built-in speaker.
The Touchjet Pond Projector sells for £599 in the UK.
Touchjet describes itself as follows:
Founded in 2013, Touchjet brings people together in shared experiences using its patented touch technology. The company’s first product, the Touchjet Pond Projector (formerly called Touchpico), turns any surface into a giant touchscreen. The Touchjet Pond Projector had one of the most successful Indiegogo campaigns ever, securing more than $800,000 in funding.
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