Using a carefully adjusted photo, one can create the illusion that your computer has a transparent desktop. A neat effect, and some of the photos in the gallery are quite amazing.
Using a carefully adjusted photo, one can create the illusion that your computer has a transparent desktop. A neat effect, and some of the photos in the gallery are quite amazing.
It’s a neat optical illusion. When I saw it I thought it was a webcam mounted to the back of the laptop and feeding a real-time image to some Active Desktop-type application….
Wait a minute, that’s not a bad idea…..
That might be taking it to the next level, as it wouldn’t be reliant on the laptop’s location.
There are some small webcams that could do the job… it would be pretty freaky looking.
There is no way I am mounting an ugly little webcam to my PowerBook though.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2204,CONTENTID=5040
and that isn’t even the smallest webcam I have seen.
It would obviously have to be mounted differently than designed so as to get the video aspect correct. And, again, no way am I mounting it to the PowerBook… maybe some double-sided tape on the back of my Toshiba laptop though.
I think Ken’s Sony Picturebook had a swiveling webcam built in to the top of its display, actually. That one should be easy to use…
Ahh… the picturebook, I forgot about those, although the perspective might be a bit off since the camera is located at the top of the screen, if I recall.
Right. It’ll be off to someone sitting at the computer, but look perfectly fine to someone standing behind him, looking over his shoulder. All of these things only work if your POV matches that of the camera.