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I have been fascinated with multi touch since I first read about the reactable. After reading more about the technology I realized that i could make a table my self and get ambient feedback using Arkaos VJ software. The table was built using DI a 500k compact flouresent with wrattn 87 filter and a unibrain camera with a wraten 87 filter over the wide angle lens.

I’m a project manager for a Acme Scenic and Display in Portland OR. I don’t know anything about programing really I’m trying to figure out openframeworks and touchlib on my free time. A coworker and I made it into a the fix furniture show at PSU with our table design, see attachment. The table will be built and on display September 30th in Portland. I want to make this table using the FTIR technique.

If I don’t figure out how to make my own application by the time the table displays. I would love to use something developed in this community.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SigzDRlwdo8[/youtube]

I usually watch bookmarks tagged ‘multitouch’ in delicious, and I often find out topics in this forum there. This forum has a lot of topics not only software but also hardware. It’s great.
I’m still making FTIR table and I try to handle it with actionscript3.  Also I’m interested in Arduino and XBee.

following is my ‘tarot’ prototype made last year. not multitouch, with a simple capacitance based touch screen film unframed.

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I have been following the progress here for some time now and am lovin’ it.

Me and a group of people here are working on a touch surface here and as soon as we are done with the hardware bits and pieces, we’ll jump right on to writing some new software for the surface.

We have a few Ideas right now for applications which I am documenting and I hope that everyone will benefit and build it up once its there.

We are going with the FTIR solution and as of now, we have the frame of our table built. I’ll post pictures up as soon as I take some decent shots.

I sincerely believe that this is the next wave in human-computer interaction and am proud to be a part of this revolution.

Let’s make magic people.

Kenneth.
http://www.hip.net.my
http://www.dragonsoft.com.my

My name is Jonathan, and I’m a Eletronics Technition for a company called CACI. I’ve been working with computers since the Commador Vic 20 first came out as a child, and I’ve been hooked ever since.

I mostly build computer systems and do 3D design in my spair time. The idea of Multi touch system looks like an excelent opertunity to expand my 3D applications. I just havent seen anything as of yet with them being intragrated yet.

oh ya, I’m probably the worst speller there is

This is Eric from Seeedstudio.

We were planning to work out an IR touch screen by ourselves by noticed Johnny Lee’s blog, It’s really amazing to see such a hot gathering of people with same favour:D
We also hold a small online depot to support the studio, I’ll add some IR related gadgets really soon. Please share your suggestions, thank you!

http://www.seeedstudio.com

Eric

The only other DIY project I have done so far is building a projector out of a 15” lcd panel (Lumenlabs).

I am keeping a project log on my setup here: http://bobombstouchtable.blogspot.com/

I am using the FTIR method with an 18x24” sheet of plexi, 16 Osram FSH485’s on each top and bottom rail, wired into a 4x8 array.
My first camera was a microsoft lifecam vx-5000, I’d advise anyone looking into webcams to avoid that one since the IR block filter is glued directly above the CMOS sensor, which I damaged while trying to remove.

And thats that!