I was at a Lunch 2.0 on Friday where someone showed me VNSea, an iPhone app that allows you to remotely control any computer running a VNC-compliant server (e.g. Apple’s own Remote Desktop).

Since Apple is officially opening the iPhone to outside developers next month, this presents a huge opportunity.  If we augmented VNSea with a TUIO daemon, we could instantly turn any iPhone/iPod touch into a desktop multitouch pad.  Granted, the iPhone’s resolution is only 480x320, but its huge install base allows us to lower the bar for multitouch development.  If done properly, anyone with an iPhone could join our community without having to first build an FTIR board.  It also enables direct manipulation without having to purchase a projector.

Rather than looking to localhost for TUIO events, the remote software would listen to the iPhone.  VNC would be used to show the iPhone user what he is manipulating.

If nothing else, this could bring a lot of attention to our community.  I imagine a video of an iPhone controlling a desktop computer with full multitouch would create a lot of buzz.

It would be pretty trivial for someone familiar with both frameworks to translate CocoaTouch to TUIO.  Any takers?

Its certainly interesting. I’m a PC man with an iPod touch. I am planning to do some research during the summer and maybe have a go at building an iPhone game maybe just for my own amusement. We are currently building a DI table in uni. It would be cool to show potential clients the apps on an iPhone/iPod as an alternative to the full monty. However I dont think I am the man for your suggestion - not yet anyway

Hi , first message for me in this forum.I love your project !! I think multitouch is more intuitive than keyboards and mice.
So , probably I say wrong, but on the iPhone-itouch side , a similar app is represented by itouchpad pro , ain’it? http://www.touchpadpro.com/

Thanks for the link.

TPPro is marketed similar to what I propose, but it doesn’t support TUIO/multitouch.  It’s actually just a hacked version of VNSea, the app I linked to earlier.

Yes , now it’s more clear me to even.
Sorry I’m a noob , and actually I wasn’t realized the difference