Added: Nov 21, 2008

From: PeterHutterer

Duration: 4:30

MPX now supports multi-touch screens. A new type of event has been added and can be used from touch applications. Automatic pointer emulation allows to use any X application. And MPX enables multiple users to use the desktop simultaneously. http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/

Channel: Entertainment

Tags: mpx  multi-touch  windows  x 


Rating: 4.60 (173 ratings)    Views: 228107' favoriteCount='270    Comments: 25

faugier Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - public link of software please

avaloscesar Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - como se a MS inventasse algo.. ¬¬''Se vc nao sabe o surface eh uma copia do diamond touch...

toolovesomeone Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - what is name of the song ?

nufroof Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - how do you type?

willteddy09 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - it automatically knows what you want to type! its like the jesus computer!

kneli107 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - That's done by a new system designed by microsoft, called a keyboard.

TweenkPL Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - The lag in Google Earth is because of rendering delays, not pointer delays. Obviously they use an old / cheap graphics card. The amazing thing about this vid is that it showcases unmodified applications, i.e. Firefox, running alongside multi-touch aware aplications. This is very hard to achieve, considering that both Windows and X were designed with a single pointer in mind.

justinriggio Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Real nice man. I have been building my own Multi touch system at niceminds dot com you should check it out.

NullH3ad Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - DUDE!!!! this is awesome! I wish I had a monitor like that =[

ysangkok Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - "Lightin" by Antony Raijekov

ysangkok Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - The music playing is Lightin by Antony Raijekov.

nowaard Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - THX!

iggy4323 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - It's not a monitor, it's a projection onto a touch pad.

ysangkok Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - The music playing is Lightin by Antony Raijekov.

ysangkok Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - The music playing is Lightin by Antony Raijekov.

jake5680 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - hows the separate color selection for the multiple users work?

paxcoder Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - good question.

sanity93 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - ok, not bad... does the video projection need to be done in front and the ir behind or can you do it the reverse way around? I guess not or the ir would be in shadow all the time... I spose it has its uses.

carfreak92 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - I'm no expert on this, but my best bet is this:That drawing app is designed for MPX, so it knows that there is more than one pointer. When it's drawn on, it "remembers" what pointer selected what color.

paxcoder Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Of course, but the question was - How does it remember? It's not like dragging a mouse. You can lift up your hand, and proceed at another point. So, how do you know which finger is which pointer, if you will.Actually, in the meanwhile, I found out. Turns out that each man has a different electric potential (different charge), so on that, it determines the user. But if you do it with two hands (1 user), the charge is same, so there's no way to determine which hand you're using at what point.

nicolunacba Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - wooo! this is better than MS Surfice ... !!! cool

facucario Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - lol... I agree

tinkledoomhammer Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - The multiple colours are based on timing. If the guy on the right had lifted his hand at the wrong time, it would have reversed their colors. Basically, the selection of a colour is a click, which requires a down and an up event. It associates it with the pointer that creates the next down event. Tuning the timing on these systems is a pain. You may have noticed a glitch where, when they were both drawing in the same window, a grey line was created between them.

GegoXaren Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - timing, nice stuff, i wonder if it is possible to make a glove with a chip and that refers to the active mouse, so it knows witch is witch[that explication just sucked]

RandomNinjaOfEvil Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - where do i get the software i hear it isn't in default X