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Focus with perspective. (displays).(Brief Article)

Computer Graphics World

| October 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Xerox Parc researchers Patrick Baudisch and Nathan Good have designed a novel Focus Plus Context Screen, a large, low-res display with a high-res display embedded within. The hybrid projection technology allows the user to view details of images up close, while seeing the periphery in lower resolution.

Customized software preserves the proper scaling of an image across both regions. The technology is aimed at users who work with visualizations that are too large and detailed to fit on conventional displays and who must continuously pan and zoom to examine ...

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