“The focus is on interactivity between a range of devices and surfaces
in a collaborative way,” revealed Prof. Michel Beaudouin-Lafon,
Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI), Université Paris-Sud, Orsay,
France, while delivering a talk on Termed Wall-sized Interaction with
Large Datasets (WILD).
Elaborating on the vision of ubiquitous computing, Prof. Michel stated
that while the hardware aspect has been realized, the real challenge is
incorporating the element of interactivity. To create a wall-sized
display, 32 monitors are placed on a wall, which enables an ultra
high-resolution display. Along with an interactive table and handheld
devices, it allows multi-user interactivity.
Scientists from various disciplines including astrophysics, chemistry,
biology, neural anatomy and participatory design are utilizing the
project. The visualization cluster is now expanding to remote
collaboration. The next phase of the project is called Digiscope and it
is being extended to external partners.
Prof. Michel was introduced by Dr. Paul Janecek, former faculty at
AIT.
More details are available at these links:
WILD: http://insitu.lri.fr/Projects/WILD
Digiscope: http://digiscope.fr/Welcome.html