Funai Electric and Nippon Signal developed a touch-sensitive laser projector

Funai Electric and Nippon Signal has developed a new laser projector that can also recognize finger movements on the image - basically a touch-sensitive projection, like Light-Blue-Optics' system. They are using a sensor that recognizes the intensity of light that is reflected back from the projected image.

One of their ideas is to project two images - a large one for display, and a small one for control (as seen in the photo above). The two images are projected from the same light source using a beam-splitter.

They are showing a prototype now, but the companies say this might be commercialized as soon as 2010.

Via TechOn