Multi-touch interface (from Adobe TED) Videos

VictorDTarsus Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - It'd be interesting to see what OS(s) get this tech first. Apple? Microsoft? Looks like some serious graphics pwnage to me and I'll be investing in this stuff when it becomes available for sure.

eletriodgenesis Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - it is still a computer dork. just a new type of input interface

GuestUSUT Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - By replacing computers, I meant replacing modern computers. Computers are defined by their interface, so therefore if it replaced modern computers, it would be replacing that input.Same way Apples replaced the computer (i.e. Microsoft Computer) by reinventing the input system.

shokcord66 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - as far as i know they all have keyboards and a mouse

MrSubtle Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I like this stuff a lot, I have had it on my iPhone for more than a year. It's not really "tech" though, it's just a technique of doing the same thing people have been doing for a long time. By the way, the keyboard isn't going to be killed by this kind of thing. Lack of feedback makes any on-screen keyboard useless for any serious typing.

VictorDTarsus Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I hear ya on that this kind of tech has been around for some time. Touch-screen interactive technology is as old me for fuck sake and I'm 27. In fact Multi-Touch was developed in 1982, a whole whopping year after i was born!!! Shit man, why the fuck do we have to wait 20 or more years for new and awesome technology? Business politics is bullshit in my opinion.

stephentsang2000 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Could he add texture to it? I mean it would be very difficult to control such things on the screen without the conventional sense of frictional touch on it. You will have to depend totally on your vision to determine whether you have "grab" a hold of things successfully, which puts a great burden on the eyes. You may went tired easily by over-burdening your visual centers of the brain too much.

GuestUSUT Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - They didn't have mouses until the first Mac.

devinkylebrown Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Microsoft is developing Windows 7. Windows 7 is going to have multi-touch built in to the interface and experience of windows.Microsoft also has a product offering called Surface (you should check it out on here on youtube) that is basically what you see here, though though Surface uses what I believe to be inferior technology.

jeffillinois Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - EEEEEHHHHHTTTT! WRONG!!! Try Xerox. :)First Mac was 1984. Xerox had a mouse on their "Star" system in 1981.And it's "Mice," not "mouses."

GuestUSUT Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - It's not EEEEEHHHHHTTTT!, it's 'you're wrong'. Learn how to spell real words instead of spasm and baby words. At least I misspell real words.

jeffillinois Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - My point was that you still had your facts wrong. And "mouses" is not a word, so it wasn't simply "mis-spelled."

GuestUSUT Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I've heard mouses used before, regardless of whether or not it's a real word. There are hundreds of 'not real' words that are used today. Anyways, this is a really cool technology and we should stop arguing over my original comment. Stop complaining about something I said and get a real life. Also, don't try to turn that back on me because I was just defending myself.

jeffillinois Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Just becaues you hear something you think might be a word doesn't make it so.... "Mouses" is NOT a word in the English language.. Mouse is singular and Mice is plural. This is 3rd grade stuff..... I agree, the technology is great! :)

suzukiyokosuzukiyoko Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - He really race through the words..

efendy2 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Jeff han uses FTIR, MS surface uses Diffused Illumination as in my multitouch table.

devilsdog2008 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - oh wow you dont have to use a mouse anymore....a mouse is less complicated than this mess of bullshit, ill admit it looks cool....but imagine running a computer without a keyboard and a mouse and using all touch screen bullshit its retarded. not to mention your arms and hands are moving constantly to just read some fuckin mail fuck this shit its USELESS. Cool, but useless.

GuestUSUT Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - All right. I think that we can both be mature about this. I'm sorry I got mad.Anyways, this is awesome. For the people that think this is more complicated than using a mouse, I strongly disagree. I hope this becomes mainstream with all major manufacturers. :D

jeffillinois Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I agree; this is an important step in the right direction for "Human Interface Devices." I wouldn't say it's more complicated than a mouse by any means, but I also think it will be quite some time (if ever) before this technology will "replace" mice. There are plenty of things you can do with a mouse that you couldn't easily do with touch. (Gaming, for instance.)

GuestUSUT Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I would definitely agree. While it may be easier to get into this technology for people that have never used computers or are older(like older parents, grandparents, immigrants), but for the classic mouse user many things would be harder virtually impossible like gaming. A RTS could be easily played on this, but not a FPS.

DrNeb Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - I saw this demonstration, or one similar, about 1 year ago. I believe Apple owns the rights, but I might be wrong. If I'm wrong then they own the rights to something as good.

Ishinosan Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - This video is almost 3 years old... I don't think there were many iPhones then ;) I'm not sure if Apple has any rights on multi-touch

hahawhat98 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - touch screen devices are going to go nowhere...trust me...they suck...what's the point when I can easily do the things I want without them and with much cheaper peripherals...maybe they want to turn us all into monkeys so we just touch things and buy things...

rooqirulz Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - ... people probably thought like this about the mouse when it was first introduced...

indy1605 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - any1 know who made the first multi-touch screen ? or touch screen?