Room capture and projection

Abstract

Examples associated with room capture and projection are disclosed. One example includes an information management module that may maintain information regarding a virtual space and a first digital object within the virtual space. The first digital object may be associated with an artifact in a physical space. A room calibration module may map the virtual space to the physical space using sensors to detect attributes of the physical space. A capture module may record a modification to the artifact to be maintained by the information management module. A projection module may project a representation of a second digital object into the physical space. The representation may be projected based on a signal from the information management module.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 an information management module to maintain information regarding a virtual space and a first digital object within the virtual space, wherein the first digital object is associated with an artifact in a physical space;   a room calibration module to select at least one surface of the physical space on which to project the virtual space based on information from sensors that indicates attributes of the physical space;   a capture module to record a modification to the artifact to be maintained by the information management module; and   a projection module to project, based on a signal from the information management module, a representation of a second digital object into the physical space;   wherein the information management module is further to store first state information of the first digital object that represents a first state of the first digital object at a first time, and second state information of the first digital object that represents a second state of the first digital object at a second time, wherein the first state and the second state are different from one another to reflect the modification; and   wherein the projection module is further to project either the first state or the second state based on a request to provide either the first state or the second state.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the capture module comprises components to facilitate capture of one or more of, audio, video, and still images associated with the artifact. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the information management module includes a data store, and where the information management module maintains information regarding the virtual space and the first digital object in the data store. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , where the information management module maintains information regarding the virtual space and the first digital object by communicating data to a remote server. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , where the remote server also communicates with a second apparatus that provides data to the remote server regarding the second digital object, and where the remote server provides data regarding the second digital object to the information management module. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising a base module to provide services to other modules, where the services include cooling and power. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising a communication module to facilitate communication between the apparatus and other devices within the physical space. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , where the communication module facilitates communication between the apparatus and the other devices using at least one of, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Universal Serial Bus. 
     
     
         9 . A method, comprising:
 calibrating a capture device and a projection device to a virtual space and to a physical space based on attributes of the virtual space, attributes of the physical space, and locations of the capture device and the projection device within the physical space;   selecting at least one surface of the physical space on which to project the virtual space based on the calibrating;   capturing, using the capture device, in the virtual space, a first digital object associated with an artifact in the physical space;   projecting, using a projection device, from the virtual space into the physical space, a representation of a second digital object;   storing first state information of the first digital object that represents a first state of the first digital object at a first time, and second state information of the first digital object that represents a second state of the first digital object at a second time, wherein the first state and the second state are different from one another to reflect a modification to the artifact; and   projecting either the first state or the second state based on a request to provide either the first state or the second state.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , where calibrating the capture device and the projection device to the physical space comprises:
 examining a first state of the physical space; and   storing a baseline state of the physical space based on the first state.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , where the baseline state includes information describing at least one of light levels, light sources, color levels, controllable electronic equipment within the physical space, and potential suitable projection locations within the physical space. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , where calibrating the capture device and the projection device to the physical space further comprises examining several states of the physical space over time, and where the baseline state is also stored based on the several states. 
     
     
         13 . A system, comprising:
 a set of interconnecting stacking wedges comprising:   an information management wedge to store information regarding a virtual space;
 a capture wedge having at least a first capture device and at least a second capture device configured to produce an image having a different image quality than an image produced by the first capture device, the first capture device to capture information regarding a first artifact in a physical space to be stored in the virtual space as a first digital object and the second capture device to capture information regarding a second artifact in the physical space to be stored in the virtual space as a second digital object; and 
   a projection wedge having a projection device to project a representation of the first digital object and the second digital object from the virtual space into the physical space;   a connection interface that facilitates securely connecting members of the set of wedges; and   a communication interface that facilitates communication between the wedges, where the connection interface ensures the communication interface operably connects the wedges;   wherein the information management wedge is further to store first state information of the first digital object that represents a first state of the first digital object at a first time, and second state information of the first digital object that represents a second state of the first digital object at a second time, wherein the first state and the second state are different from one another to reflect a modification to the first artifact; and   wherein the projection wedge is further to project either the first state or the second state based on a request to provide either the first state or the second state.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , where the wedges and the communication interface operate in several stacked configurations of the wedges. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , comprising a base wedge to provide shared resources to other wedges including power, and cooling, and where the base wedge facilitates communication between the system and external devices. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the first capture device is to capture artifacts in motion at a first image quality and the second capture device is to capture artifacts not in motion at a second image quality higher than the first image quality. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the detected attributes comprise at least one attribute that indicates that a surface of the physical space should not be used to project the virtual space, wherein the at least one surface is selected based further on the indication that the surface of the physical space should not be used to project the virtual space. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one attribute comprises information indicating that the surface comprises one or more windows that should be avoided. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the information management module is further to:
 store first state information of the first digital object that represents a first state of the first digital object at a first time, and second state information of the first digital object that represents a second state of the first digital object at a second time, wherein the first state and the second state are different from one another to reflect the modification; and
 wherein the projection module is further to project both the first state and the second state to project changes made to the artifact from the first time to the second time.