Clever Software Lets You Re-Use Your Old Touchscreen Devices As One Giant Display

If you ’re always upgrade to the latest and great equipment by now you ’ve probably got a humble collection of fresh smartphones and tablets waiting for a buyer on Craigslist . But do n’t sell them just yet . Researchers at theTokyo University of Technologyhave get a superb piece of software calledPinchthat can bend a hodge - podge collection of different devices into a single incorporated display .

It ’s called Pinch because that ’s how two adjacent gimmick are synchronise . It does n’t count how they ’re align or if they disagree in size , a user just involve to pinch across the adjacent displays to link them up . And once connected , graphics or animations will treat multiple devices as a single video display . So several handsets could be strung together to make one long virtual pianoforte , and with enough devices you could finally set up that big screen TV you ’ve always want . [ DigInfo TV ]

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