Creative directors, event coordinators and tantrum throwing Bridezillas will likely salivating for any way to incorporate projection eye candy into their events. Architects are likely to see some potential in a built environment that can shift with the whims of animators and clients, provided they can manage a LEED plan that accounts additional power consumption for such a concept.
Projection, thin film materials, and augmented reality are going to radically change how we interact with the built environment. Gone will be the days of interacting with static television screens. The cloud could soon become entirely ubiquitous, and accessed on any surface imaginable. Paired with a scaled up version of the technology behind Carnegie Mellon’s Skinput, surfaces may start to skew less towards granite or mahogany, and more towards holodeck chic.
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