Storyboard Title page Multimedia Presentation The Document Camera

Need: A need to display real-time image capture devices for displaying an object to a large audience. Visual of the use

Research: The document camera stemmed from the overhead projector which was originally the innovation used for its purpose. The first creators of the overhead projector was a company called 3M. Info on findings and manufacturers

Development: The police and army originally was the first users of the overhead projector in the 1940s. Today’s user is mainly the education field and businesses who need to use project for a large crowd as in a training or information session. Visual: How it is use, for whom and why.

Commercialization: Production, manufacturers, packaging, marketing and distribution Visual on various company products of document camera

In the beginning was the episcope.

Early uses First use of the episcope was in the University of Cambridge lecture hall. Mainly used as a child’s toy Artists used them to enlarge images

Roger Appledorn Creator of the first overhead projector, he developed a machine to show writing on clear film. Slow to adoption due to non-uniformity in handwritten copies creating the onset of photocopies.

Today 1980 mostly monochrome projected moving images on screen began to become colored Document cameras, digital/lcd projectors replacing overhead projectors Projection directly from computer software