IllumiShare is an innovative system that enables remote people to share any physical or digital object on any surface. It is a low-cost, peripheral device that looks like a desk lamp, and just like a lamp lights up a surface at which it is pointed, IllumiShare shares a surface. It works well with existing systems for video communication, such as Skype, to provide delightful experiences through a hardware-software combination.

Some media coverage

• TechNet: Microsoft Research shows IllumiShare and blows my mind (opens in new tab)
• The Atlantic: Physical Interaction, Virtual Worlds: Microsoft Unveils ‘IllumiShare’ (opens in new tab)
• Mashable: Prepare to Share Objects From Miles Away (opens in new tab)
• The Verge: Microsoft ‘IllumiShare’ demonstrates the future of remote physical object interaction (opens in new tab)
• geek.com: Microsoft IllumiShare: physical objects shared online with a projector (opens in new tab)
• psfk: Cloud Share Digital and Physical Objects in Real Time (opens in new tab)
• CNET: Share physical objects remotely with Microsoft’s IllumiShare (opens in new tab)
• Neowin.net: Microsoft Research shows IllumiShare, takes video chat to the next level (opens in new tab)
• AdvertisingAge: Microsoft’s “IllumiShare” Combines Physical and Virtual Worlds (opens in new tab)
• examiner.com: Microsoft’s IllumiShare allows users to share physical objects (opens in new tab)
• CNNMoney: Microsoft’s digital teleporter for real-world objects (opens in new tab)
• SEO Moves: IllumiShare: Microsoft’s Amazing Remote Interaction Technology (opens in new tab)
• nick vs.: IllumiShare, Share objects with anyone anywhere like their in the next room (opens in new tab)
• Wired: Illumishare: Microsoft’s networked camera-enabled projector (opens in new tab)

Some demos

• Microsoft Company Meeting 2012
• Seattle Science Festival 2012
• Microsoft MGX 2012
• Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference 2012
• Cannes Festival of Creativity 2012
• Computex 2012
• Microsoft TechFest 2012
• Craig Mundie’s Tech Forum 2012