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Microsoft Touchwall.. different than surface
 
WhiteNoiz
Posted: 14 May 2008 11:10 AM   [ Ignore ]
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/microsoft-touchwall-can-inexpensively-turn-any-flat-surface-into-a-multi-touch-display/

Pretty short on details, but interesting nonetheless.


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Posted: 14 May 2008 01:44 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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It’s essentially a DI system.  They reflect a handful of infrared lasers in front of the surface to flood it with IR light.  There’s a camera in a back that detects disruptions and maps them to touch events.

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Posted: 14 May 2008 02:14 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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beat me to it rasberry
ofcourse it does not work at first :D
http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9943986-56.html
http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9943920-56.html

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flipe
Posted: 14 May 2008 05:14 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Wait so are the lasers being shot into the glass like a DI or in front of the glass?

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Posted: 14 May 2008 05:16 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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in front

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flipe
Posted: 14 May 2008 06:04 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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Oooo Very Cool! I wouldnt mind whipping one of these up.

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Posted: 14 May 2008 06:06 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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If you find any cheap IR lasers with beam splitters and get it working, let us know. =P

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Posted: 14 May 2008 06:34 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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where to start....

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Posted: 15 May 2008 04:15 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]
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great , NUI Group get a new challenge !

more photos of the lasers ?

infra red laser : any clue about the specs of those lasers , how to ?

beamer splitter ?

The projector : it looks like a short throw projector with a convex mirror ....

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Posted: 15 May 2008 05:15 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]
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I think they are using something like the NEC WT600 for projection…

Check out the throw on this thing…

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Posted: 15 May 2008 05:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]
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Ohh yea now WHERE can we find some cheap IR Lasers smile

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Posted: 15 May 2008 06:27 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]
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thanks, mr Holmes !

NEC’s unique mirror projection technology using aspheric mirrors achieves the world’s shortest focal distance*.(about 6000USD....°)

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Posted: 15 May 2008 06:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]
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This got me curious smile
Just did a little Google search and found these: http://www.nvginc.com/irlasdio.htm

Not sure on the beamer splitters.

EDIT: Just noticed these also: http://www.nvginc.com/mmlaspg.htm

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Posted: 15 May 2008 06:35 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]
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reminds me of laser tracking for some reason http://youtube.com/watch?v=FpA__15_nzY
my mouse has a laser, or so it claims…
i’ve looked for beam splitters for other projects, i could only find expensive versions, like a 300-600$ :(

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Posted: 15 May 2008 07:47 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]
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I thought about using lasers , but the scattering part never crossed my mind.The ir laser wouldn’t be a problem , but what the hell are they using to scatter the thing?

And man , i love Seadragon , their “endless zoom”.Apart from that , the software was not very impressive.

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Posted: 15 May 2008 08:14 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]
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sea dragon is cool, but photosynth (same guys) blows my mind

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