Ceiling Projection

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Ceiling Projection

Post by Kurt_ » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:04 pm

Okay, so I had an idea that I think would be amazing...ly difficult.

I want to turn my ceiling in to a second monitor for my PC. I have 1 foot of height I can sacrifice, and my room is about 10 feet squared.

My current idea is to mount a projector on to my existing ceiling, create some light scaffolding, and project on to a large angled mirror that bounces the light 90 degrees on to a sheet, which will be my "new" ceiling.

The problem with that is it would only work for a small section of the ceiling, and I thought it would be cool if the entire thing was a rear-projection screen.


Any ideas / work-arounds? The goal is to have a screen that spans most or all of the ceiling, it does not need to use projections. All ideas or thoughts welcome.
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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by snowpenguin » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:31 pm

Giant LCD. Wide angle projector. Got tons of money? :P
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Post by collinE » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:34 pm

that would be crazy. are you saying that you're so lazy that you don't want to have to get out of bed to use the computer? :lol: just kidding.

I can't think of any way besides lowering the sheet further. And there's no way to widen the output on the projector?
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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by snowpenguin » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:37 pm

You may get lucky and find a lens that will do it, but with only one foot of space from the cailing, you still won't be getting a large or visible, even, picure I'm sure. Why don't you put the projector on the floor against a wall aimed at the ceiling, and then adjust the rotation and the keysone to be perfect? Would be soooo much easier.
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Post by Kurt_ » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:09 pm

But way less cooler. The image doesn't have to be perfect, it's going to be mainly used for winamp visualizations.

Projector + Giant Mirror + Sheet seems the most logical, but the sheet would have to be stretched tight around a frame, which could not be projected through.

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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by snowpenguin » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:13 pm

Oh, I see what you are doing now. Your problem is in only one foot, the projector will not have space to make a very large image to project onto the mirror.
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Post by collinE » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:31 pm

Kurt_ wrote:But way less cooler.
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why don't you figure out a way to raise and lower the large frame so that when you're not using it it's up, but then lower it into position for use?
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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by bicostp » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:35 pm

You would have to have the lens distort the picture a LOT to make it fit right at that sharp of an angle. You'd also have to find a projector that supports rear-projection mode and has a bulb bright enough to make a useful picture on the back of the sheet (or get an old rear-projection TV screen and use that).

It would probably just be easier to mount an LCD to your ceiling.

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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by Kurt_ » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:45 pm

But I like the look of a projection.
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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by snowpenguin » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:57 pm

Project from the floor in the corner.
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Re: Ceiling Projection

Post by Kurt_ » Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:23 pm

You seem to be unable to grasp the concept that there are items in between my floor and ceiling. :P
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Post by Kurt_ » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:32 pm

Pure Genius!
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