Always a show-stopping concept: something lightweight that turns objects we have in the real world into virtual touchscreens. A Shanghai-based company wants to roll with that concept, in the form of its special mini-projector, the Lazertouch.
Use the surface of your table at home, for example, to play an interactive game with your child; use the wall of your next meeting place to show business partners who far your project has come.The company has turned to an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds. This is a mini projector which can work as a tablet or interactive whiteboard.
The device has an Android OS. Shanghai Easi Computer Technology Co (Easitech) is the company offering this; it was established in 2002; its specialty is image analysis and lasertouch technologies.
Lazertouch projects an approximately 15-inch screen on a desk or table; you operate on what you see with your finger or stylus. As for a wall display, it can turn a wall into a 150-inch finger-activated touchscreen for presentations.
At home you can use it for movies and games. According to the company release, it is safe for children’s' and adult’s' eyesight.
How it works: The projector emits an invisible laser beam parallel to the projection screen. When a finger or stylus touches the laser beam, the sensor detects and interprets the touch to add your comments, double click on an icon, stop or start a movie, or anything else you do with a touchscreen device.
Features include downloadable apps, speakers, 32GB of storage, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a 13,600mAh rechargeable battery, and ports for HDMI, USB, headphones and Micro SD.
Start a meeting with it or use it for home entertainment-supporting 200-inch HD movies and immersive VR gaming, and projecting musical instruments, such as a drum or piano
The price range varies depending on the package but one such offer was at the time of this writing listed as a super earlybird price of $475 with estimated delivery in July.
The projector comes with an IR e-pen stylus.
The company is looking to raise $30,000 with a month to go and they raised $7382 at the
time of this writing.
A release said, "Lazertouch is the only mini projector that allows you to use a finger to quickly perform operations on the screen – no need to worry about a lost stylus. Users can also write smoothly with the included e-pen stylus, helping you deliver a powerful whiteboard interactive presentation with notes and comments. It even includes a pointer for clarification and emphasis – the essential portable device for teachers, speakers, and business executives. When conducting a group meeting, Lazertouch projects an approximately 15-inch screen on a desk or table that can be operated by finger or stylus as you would a tablet. Its versatile operation lets you transition to full screen on an up to 150-inch wall when more people come into the meeting – and it even works with interactive advertising boards."