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Product Review: PlotVizable

If you saw us at the AIA National Expo in San Antonio then you experienced the PlotVizible way of collaborating and editing documents, including drawings-on a huge touch screen. PlotVizible is a custom-built rear-projection unit placed in a horizontal format.

Touch screens have evolved since the invention of the electronic touch interface in 1971 by Dr. Samuel C. Hurst. They have become familiar in retail settings, on point of sale systems, museum displays, ATM's, game consoles, smart phones and PDAs.

Visual Solutions offers a touch screen overlay that allows for real-time interaction with documents, which can be helpful with design team meetings where a number of people are providing input. PlotVizable provides the ability to study and mark up drawings and documents on an easier to view, horizontal application.

PlotVizables come in 36 to 80 inch screen sizes and aspect ratios of 4:3, 5:4 and 16:9. The image from the rear projector is displayed onto a mirror management system and then onto the screen. So go ahead and gather 'round-aren't two heads (or 4 or 8) better than one?

For more information: http://www.rpvisuals.com/


© Thorburn Associates, June 2007

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