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This sounds great at first but I'm unclear about how usable it would actually be. Any pressure on the device would cause the screen to jump about. I could see
by sambeau 15y ago
This sounds great at first but I'm unclear about how usable it would actually be. Any pressure on the device would cause the screen to jump about.
I could see it being ok in start-then-put-down mode for Movies and Slideshows. But how often do we use phones like that? I look at photos in tiny batches normally with one other person, usually in a crowded place: pub, restaurant, car. I rarely watch movies on my iPhone but when I do it is usually on a train or in a car.
The need for a static white wall and a conveniently tall table in an uncrowded space makes me question the utility of this at all.
- masklinn 15y agoThe one place I'd see being used is mostly precluded by the "youthful" design (which I think looks like shit, by the way): impromptu meetings or small demos, replacing a dedicated pico-projector.
- camtarn 15y agoYou could probably use it in more impromptu ways - e.g. by holding it above a sheet of A4 paper in a suitably dark pub, to allow an entire table to view a photo or video rather than having to pass a phone around. It wouldn't be stable at all, but being able to just beam a photo onto a random surface is pretty cool (although: cool enough to buy a phone solely for that feature? I'm not sure.)
- 317 15y agoI think you could patch up a stabilisation algorithm pretty quickly for this purpose...
- Schwolop 15y agoNot without a pan/tilt mirror or reducing the available resolution.
- maebert 15y agoUsing a gyroscope and accelerometer one could possible stabilize the picture up to some extent. But really, the fun starts when there'll be a mini-Kinect in your phone to interact with the projection...
- gouranga 15y agoConsidering the local pubs around me (Wetherspoons I'm pointing to you) appears to be full of drunken old perverts staring at porn on their iPhones, I'm not sure this is such a good idea...
- rplnt 15y ago> I look at photos in tiny batches normally with one other person, usually in a crowded place: pub, restaurant, car. Yes, that's because you don't have a choice. You can't do it any other way with a phone right now. > I rarely watch movies on my iPhone but when I do it is usually on a train or in a car. Same thing.
- sambeau 15y agoNo, that's because it is normal behaviour to be chatting with one person and say "I must show you a picture of it". Ditto Movies. Will I really start showing movies in a pub because I can? Would I choose my phone over my HD TV or iPad when at home? Also, how many headphone sockets does this device have?
- femto 15y agoPair it with a camera, to close the feedback loop: * The phone can track the environment and transform the picture to keep it stable. * Augmented reality applications (a la http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/ http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/)
- aneth 15y agoOr invisibility!