I have made some 3D models showcasing the current methods to make optical-based multi-touch setups: FTIR, Rear DI, Front DI, DSI, LLP, and LED-LP
They are all done in the game Second Life, which has really good 3D building abilities.
Ive also modeled some MT setups: my current LED-LP, my in-progress DSI, cerupcat’s FTIR, AlexP’s LLP and more to come.
Take a look. I have hopes that the basic modeling will be used as helpful information for learning about MT and how it all works in the hardware side.
And the other picture is of my living room, with my in-progress DSI table as the coffee table. Oh and my personal charcoal art on the walls
Enjoy.
man peau… you really did an amazing job here… this is definitely frontpage worthy ^^ really such a great visualization of the community projects… i think this will hep many visualize their options when picking a technique.
so really thanks for the hard work… you’ve helped a lot of people already also i’ll try to make it into second life someday and check it out
it looks like the its the first official ~ museum hah
Thanks..
I just always answer so many questions by new people about these optical based multitouch displays about the layers involved with making each particular system so I thought Id make it up visually.
Awesome work man, this will help alot of the noobs to visualize the different techniques to implement a MT setup, i highly recommend that those pics to be added to the wiki!!
great job man, and good luck with that coffee table setup
Unfortunately, the NUI HQ resides in my avatars pocket (inventory).
This is due to the limit of objects to land, and I would need to be paying tons of money a month to keep the land up.
Thus, if you want to see anything, just add my avatar (Peau Azemus) as a friend and PM me when I am on Second Life.
Ill teleport you and show you my stuff.
Why do you have glass as the top most surface for the DSI rendering?
The DSI setup has the really nice ability to put a layer of glass ontop of your surface, which is usually the goal of every table that isnt looking to do pressure sensitive blobs.
Acrylic is NOT what you want to have as the top surface, as it will scratch heavily as it is used.
Teflon coating glass, provides the smoothest and most durable touch surface you can achieve.
My table is going to be used as a coffee table, thus there will be glasses, bottles, plates etc placed on it, so it needs to be able to withstand the force and movement of these objects.
Why not just put the projection layer as the top surface? -> Because it will get dirty and marked up. Sure laminating your projection surface sort of solves the problem, but glass is going to be the best protection.
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