The Tech Test Zone Opening and Gigapixel Kinect Exhibit
Last week I spoke at The Tech Museum’s Interfaces for the New Decade Conference and Gallery Opening. It was a great opportunity to meet and connect with folks from many of the Bay Area…
Category Archive for Multi-touch
Events at The Tech and the Maxwell Museum
Last week we conducted a workshop at the British Museum in London and hosted an open house to show off Open Exhibits software and our MT55 Platform multitouch table. Our next two…
MT55 Platform Multitouch Table Stress Test
Ideum's MT55 multitouch tables are truly ruggedized for public display; so much so that the Ideum MT55 can withstand the impact of a bowling ball dropped on to its glass surface from a height of 18 inches. Watch the video of this dramatic stress test.
Video Tour of the MT55 Platform Multitouch Table
We’ve just published an informal video tour of the MT55 Platform multitouch table. View the video below or head to our Vimeo or YouTube page to learn about the major features, benefits, and initial set up procedure for the MT55. Jump to 2:27 to watch the a full installation (from crate to use) in one-minute sixteen seconds. It doesn’t get much easier than that. For pricing, specifications and more information on the MT55 Platform visit the product page.
Open Exhibits, Year Two
Our Open Exhibits multitouch software initiative has just completed its first year. Last year, we received funding from the National Science Foundation and we launched our full community site last November. We’ve learned a…
MT55 Pro Exhibit Promotes Recycling at Discovery Science Center
Two MT55 Pro multitouch tables have just come online as part of the new Eco Challenge exhibit at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA. The tables were included as part of the Reuse Cafe. The exhibit invites visitors to reconfigure discarded objects into fun new projects. Here is a video showing off the unique application designed by Greg Roberts for our partner Black Rocket Interactive.
Open Exhibits and GestureWorks Built Installations
One of great things about creating authoring software is seeing the creative things that people make with it. In the last week, we’ve come across two interesting installations; one built with GestureWorks (our…
MT55 Platform Now Shipping Worldwide
The MT55 Platform International Edition is now available worldwide. The MT55 Platform is currently shipping to: Austria, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, United Kingdom, and the United States. Rated for 110V-240V use, the MT55 Platform International Edition is ready for nearly every modern voltage standard out-of-the-box. Thanks to the…
7 Foot Multitouch Wall at Monterey Bay Aquarium (Video)
This short video shows the multitouch wall exhibit, Tiny Drifters, which we helped develop for Monterey Bay Aquarium. (See our interactive video walls page for more about our services.) The video will give you an idea of how the whole exhibit came together. As I mentioned in prior posts, this touch wall has some very unique qualities… First off, it is big. It has a seven-foot diameter glass surface and while there are certainly bigger multitouch walls out there,…
