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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4639105" data-attributes="member: 5143">So, I'm planning on making the ultimate digital gaming table based on ideas I've seen from around the net and posted here.  I haven't made it yet, and it is still in the planning stages, but I figured I'd post my progress here and give people a chance to give me some ideas.Here is the plan so far:-102" x 68" table with a 78" x 44" touchscreen built in(there will be 1 foot of extra space around the touchscreen itself)-There will be 8 "Player Stations" around the outside and 1 DM station, similar to the Sultan table(if anyone has seen it), each of which will have a fold out area to put books, character sheet, etc.-A number of drink holders and drawers around the outside for storage-The touchscreen will be constructed using Diffused Surface Illumination (DSI).  For those who don't know, the technique involves shining IR LEDs into the side of a piece of EndLighten Acrylic and viewing it with a modified webcam with the IR filter removed-The picture of the screen will be rear projected using a LCD projector and some mirrors in order to get the throw distance to project large enough-I will use MapTool(for now, unless someone can suggest a better software), possibly getting some programmer friends of mine to modify it to accept multitouch input-Phase 2 of my plan involves using fiducials attached to the bottom of D&D miniatures in order to identify the type of creature it is and automatically look up the stats of the creature and put it into MapTool.  It will also enable players to move their characters simply by moving their minis.-Outside of the room I need to project a battlemap, there is room for the players to write notes and keep track of hitpoints and the like using Microsoft OneNote or another program.</blockquote>

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