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January 7th, 2010, 13:40
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Ever heard of a small company called Light Blue Optics (http://www.engadget.com/tag/light%20blue%20optics)? Probably not. But it's companies like LBO that make events like CES truly worthwhile. Tucked away in a small suite overshadowed by the million dollar spreads owned by industry giants like Samsung and Sony is a tiny startup looking to attract the attention of OEMs with its full-color holographic laser projection technology. The Windows CE-powered Light Touch represents the company's very first effort to create an interactive projector that allows users to interact with the displayed image as they would a modern touchscreen display. Despite our skepticism, we came away suitably surprised -- impressed even. Granted, our hands-on was performed in a lowly-lit room on par with the lighting you might find in a fine restaurant. Still, the 15 lumens were effective at lighting videos and the touch sensitivity was far more accurate than we expected -- so good that we were quickly typing out phrases on the QWERTY with few mistakes (admittedly taking a reasonable amount of care to strike the right "key"). The projector only supports single-touch at the moment though multi-touch is just a software tweak away. See the video after the break and prepare to be suitably amazed at watching a laser projector create a touchscreen display.Gallery: Light Blue Optics Light Touch hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/light-blue-optics-light-touch-hands-on/)
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Light Blue Optics' Light Touch turns any surface into a color touchscreen display (video hands-on) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/light-blue-optics-light-touch-turns-any-surface-into-a-color-to/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Ever heard of a small company called Light Blue Optics (http://www.engadget.com/tag/light%20blue%20optics)? Probably not. But it's companies like LBO that make events like CES truly worthwhile. Tucked away in a small suite overshadowed by the million dollar spreads owned by industry giants like Samsung and Sony is a tiny startup looking to attract the attention of OEMs with its full-color holographic laser projection technology. The Windows CE-powered Light Touch represents the company's very first effort to create an interactive projector that allows users to interact with the displayed image as they would a modern touchscreen display. Despite our skepticism, we came away suitably surprised -- impressed even. Granted, our hands-on was performed in a lowly-lit room on par with the lighting you might find in a fine restaurant. Still, the 15 lumens were effective at lighting videos and the touch sensitivity was far more accurate than we expected -- so good that we were quickly typing out phrases on the QWERTY with few mistakes (admittedly taking a reasonable amount of care to strike the right "key"). The projector only supports single-touch at the moment though multi-touch is just a software tweak away. See the video after the break and prepare to be suitably amazed at watching a laser projector create a touchscreen display.Gallery: Light Blue Optics Light Touch hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/light-blue-optics-light-touch-hands-on/)
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Continue reading Light Blue Optics' Light Touch turns any surface into a color touchscreen display (video hands-on) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/light-blue-optics-light-touch-turns-any-surface-into-a-color-to/)
Light Blue Optics' Light Touch turns any surface into a color touchscreen display (video hands-on) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/light-blue-optics-light-touch-turns-any-surface-into-a-color-to/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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