Category Archive for Multitouch

Multitouch Table and Mapping Exhibit Install

Earlier this week, we installed our first multitouch table at the Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo, Texas. The touch table is right in the entranceway to the museum near a large satellite photograph of Amarillo and its’ environs. The table runs a custom mulituser, multitouch application we developed with the Don Harrington Discovery Center and Vulcan Park and Museum. This multitouch mashup application uses Flickr and Yahoo! Maps. There is more on the design and software development process on the…

Multi-Touch Blog Directory Site : Multitouch Blogs

We’ve just released a directory and aggregator site for blogs, podcasts, and news sites that focus on multi-touch technologies. Since we began to develop our own Multi-Touch table last summer, our interest in the topic has grown. Like the Museum Blogs and Museum Podcasts directory sites, Multitouch Blogs is open to new submissions from the community. This site is powered by our own RSS Mixer technology.  The idea of the directory is to raise awareness and increase the authority of sites focusing on…

Multitouch Table is Released

After months of prototyping, we’ve finally released our multitouch table. It has been quite a process as we’ve gone through several iterations to develop a version of the touch table that is exhibit ready. The final table has a high-resolution display (higher than Microsoft Surface) and it is built rugged, so it can handle just about any environment, including hands on science centers. In fact, we tested the table at the Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo, Texas.  Here’s a picture of…

Multi-touch, Multi-user Table Prototype

This week we completed building our first multi-touch table prototype. With customized software,  a 50″ diagonal surface, and a resolution of 1280 x 720 the table is designed to accommodate multiple simultaneous users. The table is comprised of a short throw projector, infrared LEDs, two infrared cameras, and projection screen which adheres to the tempered glass top. The framing material is extruded aluminum.  We sourced the materials from all of the world; Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, and the US. The base software…