The "Multitouch Reel"
Following up on my touchscreen iPod post from last week, this video demonstration of revolutionary touchscreen technology literally pushes the touchscreen paradigm far into the future:
Mutitouch Interaction Research webpage
The purpose of this technology is for the user to interact with the interface using more than one finger or contact at a time, much like a pianist plays many tones at once using his hands. The user can manipulate objects in three dimensions, treating the digital space like a wall or tabletop, and even rearrange objects according to "force" or "touch" sensitivity. Significantly, the multitouch paradigm allows for multiple inputs by more than one user at the same time.
Mutitouch Interaction Research webpage
The purpose of this technology is for the user to interact with the interface using more than one finger or contact at a time, much like a pianist plays many tones at once using his hands. The user can manipulate objects in three dimensions, treating the digital space like a wall or tabletop, and even rearrange objects according to "force" or "touch" sensitivity. Significantly, the multitouch paradigm allows for multiple inputs by more than one user at the same time.
posted by Michael at 11:48 PM
4 Comments:
Awesome huh?
I had seen this before a while back and was excited to see the new Macs employing this tech in their touchpad (I think).
It reminds me of that movie with Tom Cat... Minority Report??? Where he surfs the web with his hands in the air like he is conducting a symphony.
Your comment re: Minority Report reminds me of a musical instrument from the 1950s called a theremin, which is played by moving one's hands through the air above two antennas on a radio wave generator. It produces ghostly sounds but with varying musical pitches depending on where his hands are.
It would be neat to surf the web in 3D like that, esp. since the web is an inherently 3D structure.
Did you ever read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson?
Great cyberpunk novel sorta along those lines.
Never read Snow Crash, but it looks fantastic after reading the Wiki on it.
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