Relationship preserving projection of digital objects

Abstract

Examples associated with relationship preserving projection of digital objects are disclosed. One example includes identifying suitable locations within a physical space for projection of digital objects. The digital objects may be stored in a virtual space. A representation of a first digital object from the virtual space may be projected onto a first suitable location in the physical space and a representation of a second digital object from the virtual space may be projected onto a second suitable location in the physical space. The first suitable location and the second suitable location may preserve a spatial relationship between the first digital object and the second digital object.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 identifying suitable locations within a physical space for projection of digital objects stored in a virtual space;   projecting a representation of a first digital object from the virtual p e onto a first suitable location in the physical space; and   projecting a representation of a second digital object from the virtual space onto a second suitable location in the physical space;   where the first suitable location and the second suitable location preserve a spatial relationship between the first digital object and the second digital object.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , where the representation of the first digital object is distorted when the first digital object is projected to fit the representation of the first digital object to a size of the first suitable location. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , where the representation of the first digital object is distorted by one of removing extraneous information from the representation of the first digital object and replicating extraneous information from the representation of the first digital object. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , where projecting the representation of the first digital object facilitates one of manipulation of the first digital object and replaying previous manipulations of the first digital object. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , comprising
 capturing a manipulation of the first digital object; and   storing the manipulation of the first digital object in the virtual space.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising storing, to the virtual space, the first digital object, the second digital object, and the spatial relationship. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , where the first digital object is stored by capturing a first artifact from an original physical space, where the second digital object is stored by capturing a second artifact from the original physical space, and where the spatial relationship describes a relationship between the first artifact and the second artifact. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , where the first artifact and the second artifact are identified as distinct artifacts using seam carving techniques. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , where the virtual space serves as a template comprising first digital object, the second digital object, and the spatial relationship. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , where analyzing the physical space comprises using chroma key techniques to identify a baseline state of the physical space to facilitate identification of differences between a current state of the physical space and the baseline state. 
     
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a data store to store a virtual space containing a first digital object, a second digital object, and a spatial relationship between the first digital object and the second digital object;   a calibration module to map portions of a physical space to the virtual space to identify suitable projection locations in the physical space for representations of the first digital object and the second digital object;   a projection module to project a representation of the first digital object into the physical location at a first suitable projection location, and to project a representation of the second digital object into the physical location at a second suitable projection location, where the first suitable projection location and the second suitable projection location preserve the spatial relationship.   
     
     
         12 . The system of claim  11 , comprising a capture module to capture a modification to the first digital object and to store the modification to the first digital object in the data store. 
     
     
         3 . A method, comprising:
 storing a virtual space associated with a first physical space, where the virtual space includes a first digital object associated with a first artifact in the first physical space, where the virtual space includes a second digital object associated with a second artifact in the first physical space, and where the virtual space stores a spatial relationship between the first digital object and the second digital object;   establishing a baseline state for a second physical space that identifies suitable locations for projection of digital objects associated with the virtual space   projecting a representation of the first digital object at a first suitable location in the second physical space; and   projecting a representation of the second digital object at a second suitable location in the second physical space in a manner that preserves the spatial relationship between the first digital object and the second digital object.   
     
     
         14 . The method of claim  13 , where the first digital object is a static object and the second digital object is a dynamic object, and where the representation of the second digital object is projected in a manner that avoids distortion of the first digital object and the second digital object. 
     
     
         15 . The method of claim  13  where the spatial relationship is one of a directional relationship, a relative distance, and an absolute distance.