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Infiniti Interactive Mirror – 2006 Detroit Auto Show
On 19, Jan 2006 | 3 Comments | In Blog, portfolio | By phil
An installation for Infiniti at the International Auto Shows, the Infiniti Interactive Mirror is a 3 screen interface that uses mirrored glass and rear projection to create a seamless large screen touch interface. George P. Johnson created the project with Nikolai Cornell as creative director (MDP alum, based on his thesis project). Nikolai worked with The Designory, MindFlood, and my company Commotion.
On this project, I provided consulting on interaction design and approaches for the project, and designed and built the sensor system that detects a person’s hand position in front of a flat surface without any sensors on the sides of the display or behind the user.
Read an article on how the project was produced (rescued with the wayback machine – was originally published online at designinteract.com, but communication arts killed it).
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Wow. I would have loved to seen this in action, in person.
-M
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Can this system be scaled down? without the need for the large room?
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If you mean the space behind the glass, there needs to be some way to project the video onto the glass. We are using very bright Barco R12 12,000 lumen projectors for the video, and these are set up about 10 feet back from the screens.
On the other hand, if large plasma displays were used, then there is no need for the space behind the glass. And the sensor system does not require any space behind the glass. In fact, the sensor system could work on a normal wall or any other surface, or even in mid-air with no surface at all.
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