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Learning more about visualisers

A visualiser (or document camera) is a special video camera designed to display documents and 3-D objects onto a plasma screen, television, projector or monitor. You can connect the document camera to a projector and display onto an interactive whiteboard.

It is called a 'document camera' as you can place documents such as A4 printed handouts, papers, magazines or maps underneath them, so that they are displayed on screen. Overhead projectors do a similar job, but you have to print or photocopy onto acetate (clear plastic) sheets first. Document cameras can also display small objects such as insects, flowers, leaves, coins and watches, which overhead projectors cannot do. You can even position a document camera arm to pick up images of a music teacher playing piano notes, so that students can view on a larger projection screen. More information about document cameras below.

Top-end visualisers offer solutions for medical X-Rays and telepathology.

Benefits of using a visualiser are:

• Magnify and enlarge 3D objects
• Review written work onto a large screen
• View and compare
• Close up inspections
• Recording of Demonstrations and experiments

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