The Magic-Y™ is intended for use in informal learning environments such as science museums where small groups of visitors will use it to engage in challenging activities in a setting intended to promote creativity and cooperation.

　　A magic stick developped by Barco, called Magic-Y™, allows participants to grab hold of objects on one screen and movethem across to another screen.

　　Interaction from Persons to System

　　· Pointing

　　Participants use the Magic-Y™ to point to objects and drag them from one screen to another

　　· Magic Passes

　　By making magic gestures with the Magic-Y™, complementary actions such as object rotations, color changes, etc may be triggered, according to the program content.

　　Person to Person Interaction

　　· Body Movement Detection

　　By adding a floor-plane tracking unit to the system, typical body movements of the actors performed on a floor pattern may interact with the screen and with each other.

　　After each game or "cycle" the wands are to be returned to a storage/charger unit.

　　By simply Running another Contents Set, New Environments and New Challenges emerge.

　　· Build the Universe

　　Actors can pick up elements from surrounding screens and build their own Universe along with their friends. Watch out notto put too many Planets: your Universe may cave in! One has to be careful with the balance that rules all things. All participants become part of the grand illusion - it's great fun.

　　Compatibility

　　The Magic-Y™ is compatible with most Barco projectors and excels with the BarcoReality SIM6 and Barco Galaxy types. It can be operated in both front and rear projection configurations. Specific screen types - especially rear-projection screens - need to be qualified first to ensure proper reflection/transmission characteristics.

　　The position at which the wands are pointed are transmitted to the application program through ethernet, via the controller developed by Barco. The application program can then perform appropriate animation of the visible image.