The word of 2007 is “multi-touch“. It’s everywhere, from the iPhone to the Microsoft Surface. We weren’t happy with just one finger on the touch-sensitive screens, we wanted to put all 10 fingers and probably some toes on too, and multi-touch was born.One of the most memorable and widespread demonstrations of multi-touch technology is probably the TED presentation by Jeff Han in 2006. I don’t know exactly why but his prototype has become the benchmark for multi-touch technologies. However if I recall correctly, the iPhone is the only portable device that could achieve the desired effect without the bulky equipment required in many other setup such as the Surface. But the fallback being skin-sensitive only, an issue to those with big hands who wants to
Multi-Touch Tech Archive
SIGGRAPH 2007 is just around the corner, and all you multi-touch enthusiasts get ready for a great showdown(held 5-9 August 2007) at San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA. I think the Microsoft Surface is going to be the center of the attraction in comparision to others similar technologies. JazzMutant is emphasizing its new Multi-Touch tech as “Mutli-Touch Interaction Techniques for Visual Content Creation” Enhanced Life Because of their versatility, multi-touch displays are appropriate for both productive and entertaining computing. By providing ergonomic design with optimized workflow, they improve user experience and make interaction with computers much more intuitive, playful, and efficient. Goals JazzMutant delivers advanced control solutions for musicians and sound engineers, but video and graphic artists have requested similar systems for their