The future feeling of Sony's projector that can touch and operate projected images is great

Festival of music, movie, Internet related new technology held in March every year in Austin, Texas, USASXSWAnd projector - based touch screen technology was released from Sony. One is SonyMobile World Congress 2017We announced in "Xperia TouchAnother one is a different terminal using the same technology.

Sony's touchscreen projector technology feels like the future of interactivity - The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/12/14899804/sony-touchscreen-projector-display-prototype-sxsw-2017

A prototype of a product that can touch and operate a projector that can turn every plane into a display, like a smartphone or tablet, was released at SXSW. There are two projectors that can be exposed to the touch, one is "Xperia Touch" announced at Mobile World Congress 2017 which was held from February 27 to March 2. Another is Sony'sFuture Lab ProgramDeveloped in "T"Both are equipped with Android OS, and it is a projector that can track three-dimensional movement of hands and objects by sensing" depth "information using infrared rays.

This is "T". Unlike Xperia Touch, where productization was announced, T is positioned as a concept prototype to the last.


When using it seems to install like a light at the top of the table as follows.


In addition to touching and projecting images projected by the projector, it is also possible to capture and project objects in the real world. At the venue, she captured Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" and projected it on a table, projected a keyboard on a table to make it a piano, and others in a white block ......


Demonstrations to project floor plans and patterns were also done.


The amazing part of this projector is that it can interactively manipulate a part of the projected video. For example, when building the following building model "If you want to slightly change the direction of the building ...", this projector can fine-adjust only the image projected on the white block with gesture I will.


You can see how fast the "T" can recognize the touch operation by seeing the following movie.

Future Lab Program T - Interaction 01 - YouTube


In addition, T can perform various operations from "finger movement" by gesture recognition.

Future Lab Program T - Interaction 02 - YouTube


In addition, you can recognize the shape of the object placed on the projection surface in real time. This allows the user to touch and project the image projected on the object.

Future Lab Program T - Interaction 03 - YouTube


Another projector is "2016 Mobile World Congress" at "Xperia Projector"Xperia Touch" will be the product version of the concept announced as "Xperia Touch." It is an ultra short focus projector capable of projecting a screen of 23 to 80 inches and it is possible to recognize the touch to the projection surface by infrared sensor like the first projector. Ten point multi touch recognition is possible with 60 frames per second. Also, gesture manipulation is possible, and you can also operate without actually touching the projection surface.


At the venue there are piano performance demos with multiple Xperia Touches ......


Demonstrations such as projecting a circle and touching it give drums and the like were performed.


Since Xperia Touch is equipped with Android, it installs applications from Google Play and also supports Remote Play of PlayStation 4, and it is not just a projector but a "close-to-every-plane computer". You can see exactly what you can do with Xperia Touch by looking at the following movie.

Xperia Touch - Make areas come to life - YouTube


The sales price of Xperia Touch1499 EuroIt is announced that it will be about (about 180,000 yen).