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1- Touch Surface / Acrylic (DNP HoloScreen?)2- (4-5) Cameras (IR pass filter)3- Vista Computer (Wifi, Bluetooth, Wireless USB)4- Infrared LED Array (IR Illuminent)5- DLP Projector (IR cut filter)
Basically, there is an Infrared Illuminator that shoots IR light up at the surface where it is there diffused. Touchpoints are recorded by cameras (1 of [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Multitouch category.
Hardware Behind the Microsoft Surface
Bjork Live – DJ using a Reactable Table
The DJ uses a reactivision table. Basically he uses cubes with symbols on them; and the computer recognizes each symbol as having a different effect or function. Turning and manipulating the cubes has different effects on the function that cube is responsible for. It’s become popular to build music devices out of reactable setups, I’ve [...]
The Multi Touch Setup
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything Multi-Touch related, although I will be making more strides at research and development very soon. I’ve become more inspired with the advances in ID (Illuminated Diffusion) and will be testing it very soon.
Here is a photo of my Multi-Touch setup laid out on my work table. This [...]
My Multitouch Screen
(Compiled video of various different multitouch applications run on the table, as well as mouse control over the desktop and google earth/nasa world wind. Still a ways to go on development. Length: 8 Minutes.
Whats next?
Well the search for the fastest blob detection software is on. I would like to try using two machines for current multitouch processing to spread the workload over multiple machines; and I would also like to try using Touchlib with other application programs such as Processing (p5). Reactivision also shows some hope for a low [...]
