Developed using Flash and C++ by Christian Moore and some folks from the NUI Group, Lux is an experimental open framework that brings a true full screen multi-touch interaction in Mac OS X with complex user interfaces and object manipulation similar to Jeff Han’s multitouch diplay. Christian built his own multitouch screen, which is just a big cardboard box with a webcam stuck to the bottom of it. That video is actually all Action Script 3 running in Flash 9 over Mac OS X, but he says it can work under any platform, OS and even a web browser. The demo was made on a MacBook and it gives a pretty good idea of what to expect from Apple in the future.
Demonstration of an interactive map on a big multi-touch screen. Seen at Chaos Communication Camp 2007.
It supports moving, zooming and resizing of multiple viewports at the same time.
Apple has adopted multi-touch technology within its iPhone, the first mainstream device to use the revolutionary user interface based on a multi-touch display and innovative new software that lets you control everything using only your fingers. Using iPhone’s multi-touch display, you can glide, flip, touch, or zoom in and out. Multi-touch technology is more responsive than single touch because it is capable of recognising multiple simultaneous touches. Touching the display with one or more fingers triggers different reactions based on context. The interface can be controlled by numerous intuitive gestures such as zooming in by poking at the area you’d like to enlarge with two fingers and then spreading them apart.
Demo at the WSJ D5 conference of an interactive multi-touch 16′x8′ video wall with videos, photos, music, games and real time RSS feeds. Obscura Digital, Goodby Silverstein & partners and HP worked together to debut this for the conference.
