Microsoft’s research labs have come up with a technology called Touchlight (now into the hands of EON) that allows people to navigate computer images using their hands to change their point of view, tilt and pan an image or a 3D object. This multi touch screen technology is similar to the one seen on the big screen, in “Minority Report,” in which Tom Cruise stands before a transparent glass screen, and uses hand movements to call up information and interact in a virtual interface with objects in three dimensions.
iBar is an interactive, 10 meter long bar-counter using multi-touch technology. iBar has an intelligent tracking system to detect all objects touching the surface. Integrated video-projectors can project any content dynamically with the movements on the counter. The software is flexible and can be adjusted and enhanced. Objects can be illuminated at their position or virtual objects can be “touched” with your fingers. Every glass, cellphone, car key, cup, business card or even fingers are recognized when they touch the bar-counter. More infos @ www.i-bar.ch
First time public presentation by Jeff Han of a futuristic multi-touch interface during the Adobe sponsored TED conference, February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Jeff Han is the inventor of this “Minority Report” style “interface-free” touch-driven computer screen equipped with multitouch sensors.
Jeff Han demonstrating the Multi-Touch Screen Technology on a much larger display. In this video, Jeff is showing us his intuitive, “interface-free,” touch-driven computer screen developed by his own company : Perceptive Pixel. The screen is based on “multi-touch sensing,” which means it’s able to recognize multiple points of contact and the user can interact with more than one finger at a time.
