# Animated Stickies: Fast Video Projection Mapping onto a Markerless Plane through a Direct Closed-Loop Alignment

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.00032 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1909.00032/

## Key facts

- Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 30 Aug 2019.

## Built on by (most cited first, 4 of 4)

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- [ProCap: Projection-Aware Captioning for Spatial Augmented Reality](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.00912/) (2026)
- [Setup-Independent Full Projector Compensation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.01736/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper presents a fast projection mapping method for moving image content projected onto a markerless planar surface using a low-latency Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) projector. By adopting a closed-loop alignment approach, in which not only the surface texture but also the projected image is tracked by a camera, the proposed method is free from a calibration or position adjustment between the camera and projector. We designed fiducial patterns to be inserted into a fast flapping sequence of binary frames of the DMD projector, which allows the simultaneous tracking of the surface texture and a fiducial geometry separate from a single image captured by the camera. The proposed method implemented on a CPU runs at 400 fps and enables arbitrary video contents to be "stuck" onto a variety of textured surfaces.