I've got to design a system that uses 4 projectors (under $14,000 each) in sync with a workstation. The Problem: The projectors will project on a quarter of a cylinder, creating a seamless mesh of a 360 degree view.

I've screwed around with this for about a month and derived that I need new software. The workstation must break up the image into four parts vertically. After this the signal must be distorted to compensate for falloff on the edge of the cylinder and then must change the aspect ratio to supply full viewing on the cylinder (10' diameter, 8' tall)...... How in the hell can I do this?

(PS - budget is really neglegible @ this point. I'm part of a team drafting a grant...thanks...)