Project Number
- 292
Title
- I-BALL: Interactive Information Display Like A Crystal Ball
Description
- Object-oriented spatial display that responds to direct manipulation for viewing control.
Contact
- Hiromi Ikeda
Affiliation
- The University of Tokyo
Address
- i-ball@hc.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
WWW
- http://hc.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/i-ball
Year
- 2001
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 2001 Conference Abstracts and Applications
Project Details
- i-ball (interactive/information ball) is an object-oriented spatial display that is spherical and transparent. Viewed like a crystal ball, it is very attractive and expressive. "The system is designed to capture and process images of observers' behavior, which enables not only interactive displays, but also image communication through the transparent ball."
- The images displayed within the transparent ball are slightly distorted by the optical system, providing an illusion of depth sensation. When rotated, the ball can display objects for any point of view.
- The exhibit demonstrates an interactive application (robot within the ball) but could also be used for real image display such as in video conferencing applications.
Sight
- graphics workstation, I-Ball display
Sound
- native audio
Touch
- I-Ball display
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 1 - Technology (innovation, machine)
Primary
- 102 - display (immer,aug,ster)
Secondary
- 308 - information / commerce
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
Last updated: 5 Jul 2002
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