Remember the Microsoft Surface interactive table? It was an impressive display of technology. Now it seems that Interactive tablet for the masses (as in office environments) are around the corner as prices are starting to lower as cheaper prototypes are developed and innovative new functions are added. One such experiment is the Pictionaire interactive tablet that uses overhead mounted digital cameras to capture and replicate objects you put on the table. All those new objects are becoming available to you once they’re copied. You can use for example a photograph you’ve added earlier to draw the distinctive lines of the subject within by dragging it on a paper notebook and writing over it with a pen. Annotations are also possible and the digital copy is saved on the table.

    Pictionaire Interactive Table

    Pictionaire Interactive Table

    How Pictionaire works is pretty simple: mounted cameras on top captures the image of the device you’re putting on the table and then via software recognition the object is cataloged and becomes available for you to use on the table. Pictionaire is still a prototype, but it shows great new ways that you could use it in an office. Check out the videos below on how it works and what it does:

    Source: Slashgear, Ubergizmo