Multi-Touch for Mac OS X in Full-Screen

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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 ï¿¼over 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.

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Multi-Touch Demo from Jeff Han on a Large Display

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...