Microsoft Research presented its IllumiRoom immersive display system at the CHI 2013 conference in Paris, April 27 to May 2. InAVate first reported on IllumiRoom, which uses Kinect and a projector to map a room and extend visuals outside a display, in January. Now, Microsoft has fleshed out details on the concepts and demonstrated how it can be used for gaming and TV applications as well as altering a room’s appearance.
The company has created a proof-of-concept model that uses a Kinect for Windows camera to map the geometry and colours of a room. A widescreen InFocus IN126ST is then used to display visuals outside a central display.
Gaming is the key application for the new solution, but Microsoft also demonstrates a TV applications where visuals appear to leave the screen and travel toward the viewer.
It can also be used to completely change the appearance of a room with Microsoft showing how edges of objects can be highlighted to create a cartoon effect. In another demonstration the room appears to the viewer in black and white.