The Desk Project

This is a follow-up to the post reminiscing about an old research project I was involved in.

Firstly, I need a project name... something quite brilliant that encapsulates the very essence of cutting edge desk design. It'll take the web by storm and become the de facto computer furniture lust object... I need to think about that (also open to suggestions).

Secondly, I've dug up a couple of slightly better images of the old BT Smartspace project. As you can see it's mainly a big, comfy chair with curved projection screen, including web-cam, for the display and a touch screen tablet device for input. A trackball is also present and in some photos I remember a 3D SpaceMouse was included. I presume the majority of the electronics were contained in the large base. Not the sort of thing you'd want in your house but as I said in the previous post the concept felt really good.



Thirdly, I've been doing a little bit of research into what other people's computer desks/workstations look like, what gear they have, how it's laid out etc. A great resource for gawping at other computer desks is this site dedicated to showing off multi screen set-ups. A real eye opener to some of the crap desks users deposit their expensive computer rigs and gadgets upon. Desks really are the weak link in most of the photos. I think I've stumbled upon a huge, untapped market :)

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