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So, I'm really keen to do something like this but with a dining table and a projector set above it. I had dinner at Inamo in London last week - their tables ar
by dotBen 15y ago
So, I'm really keen to do something like this but with a dining table and a projector set above it.
I had dinner at Inamo in London last week - their tables are essentially this kind of set up.
The interface is projected onto the table and from there you order your food, play games, watch live streams from the kitchen, etc.
Here is a video (apologies for the music, but this is the best video I could find:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el71OBLyfDs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el71OBLyfDs
- bmj 15y agoThe grumpy old man in me wonders why, exactly, people are supposed to be sharing a meal and convivial fellowship together need to have entertainment. I could understand the benefit of perhaps being able to order (drinks, particularly) via such an interface, but playing games and watching videos? Really?
- dotBen 15y agodude, it was quite cool honestly even though I could immediately reverse engineer what they were using software and hardware-wise into v simple units (flash for the UX, a normal projector, touch pads, standard x86 board strapped to the projector).
- icebraining 15y agoWell, my probably even older great aunts seem to appreciate table games, more specifically card games. Board games are also older than any of us. I don't see how is this fundamentally different.
- bmj 15y agoI'm not grumpy at the idea of playing games with friends and family--I just don't understand why meals must include other entertainment. But, to each their own.
- wanorris 15y agoIn other words, like a Microsoft Surface table, but set up for dining? What's the advantage of using a projector over a touchscreen?
- egypturnash 15y agoThe first thought that comes to mind is spills. Spill stuff on a table, no problem, you just wipe it up like any other table. Spill something on a touchscreen and you have to worry about it gumming up the works.
- mbreese 15y agoThat's why you'd project the UI on the table. Spills? no problem. But, you'll have a projected image on top of everything that's on the table (food, utensils, your arm...)
- jallmann 15y agoWouldn't be an issue if you projected it from the underside, even though that doesn't seem to be the plan here.
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- dotBen 15y agoThey put the plane white plates in a specific place and so they project images of your order onto the plates - that was pretty cool. See the video - it's in there.