====== Multi-Touch Table ======
Please scroll down to watch the video.

This table is a departure from earlier examples because it is relatively easy to use by non-technical content creators. It works in most lighting because it doesn’t use a camera. It is market quality, and does not require tuning  on location.

**Want to use one? [[:multi-touch:download:|Go to the Multi-Touch Simulator]] page to learn how to make your own content for the table.**
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The Multi-Touch Table is:

  * Effective where camera-based multi-touch tables can't function
  * Works in normal lighting, for example at tradeshows and in showrooms
  * Production quality engineering suitable for traveling exhibits
  * Does not require extensive tuning and adjustment during installation
  * Content can be rapidly designed by non-technical creative staff
  * Intuitive multi-touch libraries and demo applications
  * Windows-based table simulator allows creative programmers to develop independently of the table
  * Flash, processing, and many other programming platforms can interface with the table
  * Available for demos

==== Background ==== 

An excellent history of multi-touch tables by Bill Buxton can be found here: 
  *[[http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html|Multi-Touch Systems that I Have Known and Loved]]

==== Interaction Demo ====

These are some quick demonstrations of the potential of ponds when used in conjunction with "processing"  and simple particle physics modelling


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==== Watch this ====

This table has been used by clients such as Yahoo and Acura - it's an experiment that is available for everyone from art schools to the Fortune 500.

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==Design for Multitouch==

  - [[:multi-touch:download:|Go to the Multi-Touch Simulator]] page to learn more. 
  - Or simply {{multi-touch:motomultitouchsimulator.zip|Download the simulator}} (requires Java v1.5).
  - Write your own content in Processing, Flash or the environment of your choice.
  - Send it to us. We'll record it in action and put it up for all to see.

==Links==
  * Acura - [[http://interactiveoracles.com|Interactive Oracles]]
  * Press Coverage - [[http://www.designinteract.com/features/|Design Interact]]
  * Got an idea? [[:about:contact:|Propose a collaboration.]]\\




==== Credits ====

  * Jeffrey Traer Bernstein\\
  * Eddie Elliot \\
  * Daniell Hebert\\
  * Sasha Soyfertis\\
  * Chris Verplaetse\\