Turn Any Wall into a Full-Sized Touch Screen Display with Kinect

Here we are at Day 1 of Intel Developer Forum witnessing some fabulous proof-of-concept designs. The first concept to really catch our eye is Intel’s “Display without Boundaries”, where Intel turns any surface into a fully capable multi-touch screen. That means you can turn any wall, table, or item into a touch-screen device that recognizes multitouch gestures and actions as smoothly as iPad.

So what’s the trick? What kind of magic does Intel use and how does it work so well? Intel uses a regular projector, an ordinary surface, the ever-so-popular Microsoft Xbox Kinect, a computer, and their specially designed software and recognization algorithms. This means, at this very moment you may have every component to Display without Boundaries, except of course the key ingredient: Intel’s algorithm and software.

Display without Boundaries is fully conceptual with no specifications or immediate plans for release, yet it’s still something to be excited about. It means that at some point in the near future, all of us can add gigantic interactive displays in our homes and offices at a ridiculously affordable price. A used Kinect costs $50, a cheap projector is $100, and we’re sure you have a capable computer laying around.