Show HN: Mosaic – Use multiple iPhones as one big screen

The Junkyard Jumbotron lets you use all sorts of devices, and it's web based. You arrange the screens in the positions you want, and each one displays a QR code. You take a picture of them all together, and the Jumbotron breaks the image up in to the right pieces:<p><a href="http://jumbotron.media.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow">http://jumbotron.media.mit.edu/</a>

I really like the business model here: Free, simple standalone app that serves as a fun proof-of-concept, supported by a commercial SDK for the inevitable ideas you'll come up with. Smart.

Maybe I'm sentimental, but you should rebrand. I think NCSA Mosaic holds a position of antiquity in a lot of hacker minds, and Mosaic is a special name to me.<p>Or, maybe we'll eventually run out of English words and start recycling anyway, and I should move on. Tough to say.

Nice... us hackers must be thinking the same thing lately - let's use multiple IP devices to do X.<p>We just released...<p>SpeakerBlast - Turn multiple friends' IP devices into one massive stereo system.<p>Checking out Mosiac ... i wonder what other uses of multiple IP devices can be put to use to?

Just wondering on your business model. Do you really expect there would be many people with so many iPhones to use this for the purpose of making a big screen? Because those who don't already have, would probably just buy one big screen IMO...

I saw this live at PennApps - it's incredible. It truly feels magic.

This is really neat...what would I want to use the SDK for though...?

were you aware of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29</a> when choosing the name?

It's a pity they need such new devices, I've got a box full of old iPhones and iPods that this could have been used on.

I would pay a bunch of money for an app that lets me drag windows from my MBA to my iPad.

This looks similar to the free Blinkendroid app for Android: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cbase.blinkendroid" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cbase.blin...</a>

Here's another relevant project by Seb Lee-Delisle:<p><a href="http://seb.ly/2011/09/pixelphones-a-huge-display-made-with-smart-phones/" rel="nofollow">http://seb.ly/2011/09/pixelphones-a-huge-display-made-with-s...</a>

most expensive screen ever.

Very neat art experiment and interface implementation. I love it. I can see a lot of fun social table top games using this.

Still using MongoDB on the backend?

Video doesn't demonstrate, but does it work with angled screens?

this seems fun! and not to be a downer, but can someone give me some examples on how this would be used in the everyday setting?

If only I have multiple devices laying around.

Props for the very clever position detection!

Just downloaded it, loving it so far!

Do photos pan and zoom in sync?