Johnny Chung Lee is The Shit. I used to have a projector. Yes, calibrating it was a huge pain in the ass. An automatic calibration system for a 90° screen would have been sufficient, but no, this guy made a system that will calibrate a projector to any specially prepared surface – even a model of a car to project custom paint jobs and rims – and the projectors auto-calibrate in seconds. It’s amazing. And that’s like the least of his work. This is the Wiimote guy… he’s doing things I suddenly can’t imagine living without, and uses about $10 worth of materials in addition to a projector to run this crazy future shit. If this doesn’t stir your heart you have no reason to be on the internet:
This is a concept demo of what would be possible once a high-speed hybrid infrared and visible light projector were available. As mentioned above, DLP technology has the potential to perform high-speed tracking simultaneously with image projection. With this type of location tracking, we could track points on non-rigid geometries and project accurately onto flexible and foldable surfaces as well as obtain stylus input. This achieves a vision commonly found in science-fiction films where an individual can summon a large display from a pocket-sized device.
What else can you say but damn it feels good to be a gangsta?