Multitouch

Multitouch interfaces

• Tap, the Multitouch Table in Room 201

Media-Informatics at the Bauhaus-University

• Distance is Value; Angle is too. Class by Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich, Virtual Reality Systems Group
• The cueTable Cooperative Multi-Touch Interactive Tabletop Paper by Prof. Dr. Tom Gross, Mirko Fetter, Sascha Liebsch; Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Group

History & Technology Category

• History of Multi-touch
• Dan Saffer: Tap is the new click Einführung in das Design für (Multi) Touch.
• Presentation by Jeff Han(FTIR)
• Surface von Microsoft (Rear-DI)
• laser light plane multitouch table von Alex Popovich (LLP)
• Nima Motamedi- LED-Light Plane (LED-LP)
• Diffused Surface Illumination vom Tim Roth (DSI)
• Reactable, a Multitouch Table using the Reactivision Software

Trackers, Framework and Libraries

Name	Programming Language	License	Page
BBTouch	Cocoa(Mac)	GPL license	http://benbritten.com/blog/bbtouch-quick-start/
Bespoke Multi-Touch Framework	C#	BSD License	http://www.bespokesoftware.org/multi-touch/
reacTIVision	C++	GPI license	http://reactivision.sourceforge.net/
Community Core Vision(ccv)	C++	MPL or MIT (not defined)	http://tbeta.nuigroup.com
Touché	Cocoa(Mac)	LGPLv3	http://gkaindl.com/software/touche http://code.google.com/p/touche/
Touchlib	C++	New BSD License	http://nuigroup.com/touchlib/ http://code.google.com/p/touchlib/
FLOSC	Java	MIT	http://code.google.com/p/flosc/
Creative multi-touching	Actionscript 3(Adobe Air)	not specified	http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-develop/multitouch-demos-in-adobe-air-2-and-flash-player-101/
Grafiti	C#	GNU General Public License(GPL)v3	http://code.google.com/p/grafiti
Multi-Touch Vista	C#	GNU General Public License(GPL)v2	http://www.codeplex.com/multiTouchVista
PyMT	Python	GPL v3	http://pymt.txzone.net/
TouchPy	Python	GPL/Software & Applications 63v	http://touchpy.googlecode.com
2DCur	Python,Lily(Javascript Visual Language on Mozilla Framework)	GPL3	http://2dcur.googlecode.com
SimTouch	Action Script3 (Adobe Air)	MIT License	http://code.google.com/p/simtouch/
ReacTIVIsion	C++	GNU General Public License	http://mtg.upf.es/reactable/?software
QMTSim	C++	GNU General Public	http://code.google.com/p/qmtsim/

Software & The necessary code

Name	Programming Language	Page	Example	Downlaod
Flash CS5	multi-touch api: TouchEvent& TransformGestureEvent	Device Central CS5 - Flash Professional Integration	http://selftitled.ca/	File:Examples-Multitouch Flash CS5.zip

Fiction

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Non-Fiction

• Wii Technik

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• Build Your Own Multitouch Table With the Cubit - Analyse of „Digitalen Tischs“ Technology
• multi touch software - Ventuz - living in Mission: Impossible
• radar touch
• Light touch

DIY

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• hackaday.com
• LED Touch Sensing
• The €15 Designer Multitouch Pad

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Tracking Motion Detection

• Tracking Motion Detection#Microsoft® Kinect (previously: Project Natal) for the Xbox gaming console
• Markerless Human Motion Capture and Motor Action Recognition

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See also

• Instruments