<div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/liminar-robot-finally-shows-us-what-pico-projectors-were-meant-f/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="LuminAR robot finally shows us what pico projectors were meant for (video)" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/06/luminar-20100610-600.jpg"></a></div>
Still looking for an excuse to buy a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/picoprojector">pico projector</a>? We might just have the perfect thing. LuminAR, a project of MIT student Natan Linder, is something like a sentient desk lamp of the sort that will make any dedicated Pixar fan's heart skip a beat. It can follow a user's actions, using a camera to detect gestures and beam information down to augment whichever reality they're currently experiencing. Interestingly, the whole thing is built into a bulb socket, meaning it could be thrown into any lamp you like -- if you can do without the whole automatic motion aspect. It's based on what looks to be a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/microsoft-lifecam-show-and-lifecam-vx-5500-make-the-scene/">Microsoft Lifecam Show</a> webcam and what is certainly a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/showWX/">Microvision Show WX</a> projector, which is both focus and care free. There's a demo video after the break but, sadly, little hope that this thing will be replacing your current desktop lamp any time soon.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/liminar-robot-finally-shows-us-what-pico-projectors-were-meant-f/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>LuminAR robot finally shows us what pico projectors were meant for (video)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/liminar-robot-finally-shows-us-what-pico-projectors-were-meant-f/">LuminAR robot finally shows us what pico projectors were meant for (video)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:49:00 EDT. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/liminar-robot-finally-shows-us-what-pico-projectors-were-meant-f/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> <img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_VIA.gif" alt=""><span><a href="http://www.picoprojector-info.com/luminar-robot-has-pico-projector-camera-and-wireless-computer">PicoProjector-info.com</a></span> | <img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gif" alt="source"><span><a href="http://direct.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/luminar.html">MIT Media Lab</a></span> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19510777/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/10/liminar-robot-finally-shows-us-what-pico-projectors-were-meant-f/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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