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Click to view It may not be as fancy-schmancy as Microsoft Surface or Jeff Han's demos but this video of a Linux-based MPX multi-touch table shows that things are moving full speed ahead in the land of the free penguins. We talked with developer Peter Hutterer, who gave us his insight on the project, the iPhone and the ongoing multi-touch craze. MPX or Multi-Pointer X is a modification of the X Windows Server that allows multiple input devices to be used at the same time. You only need a normal computer plus any number of keyboards and mice attached to use it. The system lets multiple users interact with one or various applications simultaneously. The software is still in development and there are a ton of bugs to fix according to Peter.
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It’s a young and half-organized but growing bibliographic list about touch screens, multi touch and touch user interface. References whose titles are prefixed by “*” are our favorites. Keep in mind one of my primary axioms: Everything is best for something and worst for something else .
Since the Windows 7 pre-beta and beta has been available, I've been reading some articles and seeing videos where people review the touch/multi-touch aspects of the new OS. Opinions have been mixed: A common theme can be seen across all of these articles -- applications designed for touch (such as Media Center) work well, but regular Windows and applications do not benefit from touch or multitouch. At best, the multitouch features in the Windows 7 shell are forced. Media Center (originally designed for use on living room tvs) is probably the best built-in experience. There are only a few MT applications out there -- the most common is the air hockey game.
Deconstructing the NUI: GUI + Touch != NUI - Iceweasel
It really seems like OCGM has sparked a lot of discussion! Ron first described it two days ago, and already there have been several different bloggers posting their own ideas and responses to those blogs. Lynn has a good summary of the conversation so far, and the thread on nuigroup.com also has a summary of links. I think overall the reception has been positive.
Deconstructing the NUI: OCGM - Iceweasel
Deconstructing the NUI - Iceweasel
I've been neglecting this blog a bit since I'm trying to focus on finishing my book , but I had to break my self-imposed radio silence to break this news: I installed Windows 8 on Microsoft Surface 1.0 hardware, and it works! By "it works", I mean the Microsoft Surface 1.0 shell and applications run as expected on Windows 8, and immersive-mode applications and regular desktop applications can be controlled using the Surface vision system touch input. I tweeted the above photo while video taping proof of this technical hackery. The video is embedded below: Yes, this is the Windows 8 that was released publicly only a little over a day ago.
Click to view It's not from Apple, but it gives a pretty good idea of what to expect from them, especially knowing that only one guy—Christian Moore—got this system running at full speed on a simple Intel-based MacBook. His Lux free open framework enables true multitouch interaction in Mac OS X. In fact, he says it can work under any platform and even a web browser, enabling complex user interfaces and object manipulation comparable to Jeff Han's magic walls or the Microsoft Surface anywhere. We talked with Moore about how it works and what to expect from it. Jesus Diaz: Tell me more about Lux. This is a framework that anybody can use, right?
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Multipoint TUIO - Iceweasel
MultiPoint TUIO is a tool for developers to test applications that make use of Multi-touch trackers that broadcast data using the TUIO protocol. The application is built for Windows XP / Vista using the Microsoft Multipoint SDK. This enables the user to interact with the application using multiple pointer devices, just like the Microsoft Surface SDK.
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Touchlib is a library for creating multi-touch interaction surfaces. It handles tracking blobs of infrared light, and sends your programs these multi-touch events, such as 'finger down', 'finger moved', and 'finger released'. It includes a configuration app and a few demos to get you started, and will interace with most types of webcams and video capture devices. It currently works only under Windows but efforts are being made to port it to other platforms. Who Should Use Touchlib? Touchlib only comes with simple demo applications.PQ Labs supports TUIO.org We received a generous hardware donation by PQ Labs , who provide a multi-platform TUIO implementation for their line of multitouch overlays. Our new 52" G3 Plus will be used for our research activities at the Interface Culture Lab , such as the GearBox by Ulrich Brandstätter and Oliver Buchtala, who will explore the usability of multitouch surfaces in musical therapy.
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Apple takes aim at Adobe... or Android? - Iceweasel
The already strict requirements that must be met for an application to be published on Apple's App Store are set to take a turn for the worse, as Apple's NDA-protected license agreement has now updated an already annoying existing clause, Section 3.3.1, to make it even more offensive. This clause has already frustrated developers in the past because there are tasks that developers would like to perform that can only be achieved through private APIs; though some have taken a risk and submitted applications that use such APIs, the result is often that the application is denied. The new version of 3.3.1 reads:the most common multitouch gestures are already included and can be registered modularly with any component for a pluggable behaviour changeable at runtime software or hardware accelerated graphics rendering (using OpenGL ) includes many graphical objects e.g.: rectangles, round rectangles, ellipses, polygons, lines, triangle meshes, spheres, cubes, etc. with support for textures, gradients, fill- and outline color