Drawing appears live on screen

[richard]

Hello

 

For an upcoming show I have been asked to work out a way for an actor to draw onto a surface and the lines to appear on a screen behind. The best thing would be if they could draw onto a PDA/tablet laptop and this to be connected to something via wiFi, which would shove it to the projector.

 

Is there software that would let us do this?

 

Thanks

 

Richard

[Locksmith]

How far away is the projector? Does it need to be WiFi?

 

Without looking for more specialist stuff, powerpoint has a (very) basic drawing option, this may be of use with a graphics tablet. A laptop hidden under the table with associated vga-composite (or other) converter. Run the cable to a projector and Robert's your mother's brother.

 

Personally, if there was enough time, I'd do something with a piece of custom software written for the purpose.

[Andrew C]

There are dedicated hard/software packages to do just this. Look at the education / training suppliers. This is the "New" SmartBoard scheme. Means that the teacher is facing the class while doodling on the tablet.

 

Cost a bit though...

 

Try Saville, Insight & Misco.

 

Sorry, no time to look for URLs!

[bruce]

Lots of ways to do it...

 

Simplest way, if a big chunky VGA cable isn't a problem, would be a tablet PCconnected to the projector, run a drawing package or windows journal etc on the tablet, and robert is your parent's brother....

 

If wires are a problem, you could use a wireless lan and 2 pcs with some sort of desktop-sharing application. Maybe VNC, or windows remote desktop etc. Works OK, but can be a bit "jerky"

 

Or look at some of the newer data projectors which have built-in wi-fi....

 

Bruce.