TouchJet first revealed the Touchpico
this year at the CES in concept form and it comes in the form of a
projector that is said to be about the size of a phablet. The device is
now ready to go into production.
The Touchpico is actually about the same as two large phablets that
have been put on top of each other and it is small enough to fit into a
pocket. While you can get it into your pocket it doesn’t mean that you
won’t know that it is there, because you will.The device doesn’t actually turn the wall into an actual touchscreen. Instead what it does is project a screen of up to 80 inches onto anywhere you choose to point it. The system comes complete with a stylus and this has a tip on the end that clicks and which acts as a touch device. You can tap the stylus on the place you are projecting the screen on and in turn this sends a signal via infrared to the projector. You have to use the stylus for it to work, if you try to touch the screen with your finger nothing happens.
During a demo shown recently of the Touchpico in action it was shown with different Android apps. The company showed how it could be used for a whiteboard, as a presentation device with slides, or how it could be used for playing games. Throughout the demo there were no visible signs of the system lagging, however the stylus does have to be held so that any shadow cast from your arm doesn’t cover the object that you want to click.
The Touchpico comes with a dual core processor that runs on stock Android. The tech is a Wi-Fi tablet that comes with a 150 lumen projector and it seems to be able to run any of the Android apps without any issue. No CPU power is used by the Touchpico and this means that, for now at least, the tech isn’t multi-touch.
It does come with two speakers which are built into the unit and there is a fan for cooling the system. The system can run wirelessly for around 45 minutes and it then needs to be plugged in.
[Image Courtesy of While TouchJet have finished with the engineering part and the design of the Touchpico they are raising money through Indiegogo for the first run of their product. Anyone who backs the project for $350 will get the Touchpico. The regular retail price will be $500 when the money has been raised and the campaign is complete.
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