SBIR Phase II: The Media Fusion Project: A Distributed Architecture for Mega-Pixel Displays

该SBIR第二阶段项目将开发和交付一个软件媒体架构，消除广泛使用多投影仪、高分辨率、超清晰度显示器的关键障碍。该方法定义了一组从低级显示驱动程序到高级协议（包括多用户显示使用和安全性）的分层抽象。这种模式是新显示架构的基石，它不会限制未来的显示创新，允许内容开发者和制作者与当前和未来的显示系统进行通信，并将新显示技术的潜在复杂性与用户隔离开来。在这个新架构的基础上，第二阶段项目将实施基于软件的显示操作系统。该项目的动机是这样一种看法，即我们很快就会生活在一个显示器不再是单独的谨慎设备的世界，而是成为我们环境的延伸;一个无限的像素结构。这项创新的潜在影响是巨大的，通过消除通常与超高分辨率显示器相关的可用性和成本障碍，曾经只有少数人可用的应用程序可以变得司空见惯。这有可能改变先进的可视化，媒体交互模型，以及我们与计算环境交互的方式。

This SBIR Phase II project will develop and deliver a software media architecture that removes a critical barrier to the widespread use of multi-projector, high-resolution, ultra definition displays. The approach defines a set of layered abstractions from the low-level display driver to higher-level protocols including multi-user display use and security. This model is the bedrock of a new display architecture that will not constrain future display innovations, allow content developers and producers to communicate to current and future display systems, and acts to isolate the underlying complexities of new display technologies from users. Building on this new architecture, the Phase II project will implement a software-based Display Operating System. The project is motivated by the perception that we will soon live in a world where displays cease to be individual discreet devices but rather become an extension of our environment; a limitless fabric of pixels. The potential impact of this innovation is significant, by removing the usability and cost barriers normally associated with ultrahigh-resolution displays, applications once available to only a select few can become commonplace. This has the potential to change the advanced visualization, media interaction models, as well as the way in which we interact with our computational environments.