Make It Multitouch Workshop at MW2009
On Wednesday, Paul Lacey and I will be conducting a full-day workshop entitled, Make It Multitouch at the Museums and the Web Conference in Indianapolis. We’ll be explaining the technical aspects of…
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Multitouch Exhibit Design 1: Interaction and Feedback
With the development of our first interactive exhibits, and a few rounds of informal user testing, we’ve begun to explore approaches in multitouch and multiuser design. We’ve created both a multitouch…
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…
Make It Multi-Touch: Workshop at Museums and the Web Conference
Paul Lacey and I will be conducting a full-day workshop on multi-touch and multi-user exhibits at this year’s Museums and the Web Conference. We’ll be bringing along our multi-touch table as well as…
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…
