A tabletop system called PIVOT where
users can come together and view shared content was unveiled a few days ago. A
team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, have developed the system
aimed at supporting mixed-focus collaborative tasks. Through two view zones,
PiVOT provides personalised views to individual users while presenting an
unaffected and unobstructed shared view to all users.
The system supports multiple
personalised views which can be present at the same spatial location and yet be
only visible to the users it belongs to, a function that is not available in
any other tabletop system. PiVOT also allows the creation of personal views
that can be either 2D or auto-stereoscopic 3D images. PiVOT is a result of the
exploration of different designs to address the opposing challenges of shared
and personalised views.
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