Nice one: Microsoft SecondLight

Somhow I must have missed this one: Microsoft published SecondLight. This is a system that is able to project a second image through the tabletop of a multi-touch screen onto a sheet of paper or whatever you want to use. But take a look at this video: Actually, this is great. Anyway, I would not …

How to build a LLP (Laser Light Plane) multi-touch table

Georg Kaindl the developer of the Open Source multi-touch tracking software for OS X Touché has published a blog post about how a laser light multi-touch setup can be build on your own. He has also published a video in which he presents how the laser light multi-touch table works: DIY laser multi-touch table – …

The Virttable at iTec ’08 [Update]

We are proudly announcing that the Virttable will feature at an IT exhibition called iTec ’08 at the darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany on 6 and 7 November. This is a small version of the poster with which we will present features of the Virttable at iTec ’08: Many thanks to Melanie Seyer, who designed the …

The Multi-Touch Table Virttable [Update]

The second multi-touch table, that I have built is called The Virttable, which stands for Versatile Illumination Research Touch Table. This table is the property of the department for Design, Computer Science and Media (DCSM) of the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences, which provided me with the money for the components of the Virttable. (Actually, …

Configure Pointgrey Firefly MX camera in a multi-touch setup [Update]

I’ve found many instructions in the nuigroup forum on how to configure the Pointgrey Firefly MV Firewire camera in a multi-touch setup and especially with the Touchlib. As information about this topic is widely scattered, I want to write down some helpful steps on how to configure the Firefly in this post.

Multi-touch in HCI: Bill Buxton

Bill Buxton is the absolute expert for touch-related human computer interaction research. Bill Buxton’s impressive amount of publications has started around 30 years ago and have never ceased since then. Among other things he is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft and participates in the Microsoft Surface research. I especially like his research work about two-handed …

Google Maps Multi-touch Actionscript Code [Update_3]

After I published my youtube video on the Google Maps multi-touch app I have had some demands for the source code of this Google Maps multi-touch Flash application. Hence, I have decided to make the source code of it publicly available on Google Code. You will find the sources on the mapstouch Google Code download …

Google Maps Multi-touch App

I’ve built a small Google Maps multi-touch app with Flex and Flash over the last days: It uses the Google Maps Flash API and the TUIO Actionscript classes and the Touchlib from the Nuigroup. The red stuff on the screen means that i am using the debug mode of Google Maps for Flash. That is …