One Screen, Multiple Views 43
First time accepted submitter e-sas writes "Researchers from the University of Bristol have built a new type of display which allows both a shared view and a personalised view to users at the same time. Through the two view-zones, PiVOT provides multiple personalized views where each personalized view is only visible to the user it belongs to while presenting an unaffected and unobstructed shared view to all users. They conceive PiVOT as a tabletop system aimed at supporting mixed-focus collaborative tasks where there is a main task requiring the focus of all individuals of the group but also concurrent smaller personal tasks needing access to information that is not usually shared e.g. a war-room setup. Imagine you and your friends playing multiplayer Starcraft on one big screen instead of individual computer screens!"
good for presentations, not much else (Score:4, Interesting)
The only times I really see much use for is slide show type presentations. The presenter has some extra notes he can read while the audience just sees the slides.
old news (Score:5, Interesting)
my (next) car already has this: a split screen view [thecarconnection.com] so the driver can see the satnav while the passenger can watch movies or TV (with headphone support to avoid distraction)