Eye of Sauron made with Kinect and Pufferfish

The Technology Studio connected a Kinect sensor/camera to a Pufferfish round video screen and created their own animated Eye of Sauron that follows you around the room.

Kinect & Pufferfish Eye of Sauron (via Super Punch)

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Anonymous

Of all the PJ transgressions, the floating eyeball was the most egregious..
Eric Hunting

We’re coming close to the Leota-bot PSA (personal satellite assistant) I’ve imagined.
Anonymous

I think they meant to say Palantir of Orthanc…
bardfinn

Fool of a Took!
- Boba Fett Diop
  
  WIN. Thread’s over.
Zac

It’s neat, but I kind of wish the eye were properly animated and not just a still.
- TheCrawNotTheCraw
  
  Yeah, I feel the same way.
  
  What The Technology Studio is very nice, but I miss the streaming fire emanating from the iris, or however it should more properly be anatomically described.
Tatsuma

Where can one buy this “pufferfish” round screen?
- bradmofo
  
  g-clef is right – if my experience was anything to go by they’re insanely expensive and require a ton of proprietary software to get fairly simple projections to work.
Phikus

I’m not impressed. Try reproducing the left hip of Sauron.
g-clef

Apparently they’re a UK thing:

http://www.pufferfishdisplays.co.uk/

There’s no purchase link on their site that I can find, which makes me think it’s one of those “if you have to ask how much, you can’t afford it” products.