Met some very cool folks from a company called Canson. They've got a product coming out called Paper Show - and if you ever present Powerpoint decks to anyone, you've got to check this out. I'm no technology genius, so I have no idea HOW it works - but now that I've seen it work, I think it's great.
Basically, you print out your presentation on the special interactive Paper Show paper. You then use a special camera pen (see pic above) which talks to your computer via a bluetooth usb connection. Then you can write on your presentation deck paper, and the writing is automatically added to the Powerpoint file. By tapping on different aspects of a pallet on the paper, you can easily create shapes, change line thickness, change colors, etc... You can use this with a blank presentation so you have a digital whiteboard that will save your team's brainstorms. You can also use it to instantaneously annotate your presentations to incorporate feedback, make changes, record notes, or just draw funny pictures - the sky's the limit!
In the pics above, the user has drawn the two ovals around the words she wanted to highlight. You can then see that the ovals automatically show up on the screen for all to see.
Very powerful tool - I encourage you to check it out. Not sure of the pricing - but I think it is something very reasonable - like $199 (don't quote me on that...).
Comments