Multi Touch

This is an impromptu look at Windows 7 Touch Capabilities.  During the Lauderdale MSDN Roadshow (aka .NET Tiki Hut) we needed a way to showcase the HP TouchSmart to a large crowd.  But the TouchSmart had to VGA out.  So we shot an 'over the shoulder video'.   Professional…

Larry Gregory talked to the team of Adrian Manzano and Rene Nario of http://www.freeltor.com at a recent Bizspark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.Their solution reduces the administration overhead of running a business for the real estate agent and frees…

Larry Gregory talked with David Marra and James Cadd from Intertouch Media Technologies at a recent BizSpark incubation event hosted by Sanjay JainIntertouch Media delivers platforms to enable companies to build very compelling interactive systems such as airport kiosks that take…

Larry Gregory talked to the team of Kevin Mann and Tony Williams of http://www.takepublishing.com at a recent Bizspark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.Their solution called TakeComics finally solves the problem of trying to find that missing issue of your favorite comic as well as…

Defrag is a new series Nic Fillingham and I will be bringing you to look into murky subjects that need sorted out. We'll put the bits in order and tell you exactly what the story is. In this episode we look at multitouch in Windows 7. What are all the multitouch gestures? Will there be more? What…

Defrag is a new series Nic Fillingham and I will be bringing you to look into murky subjects that need sorted out. We'll put the bits in order and tell you exactly what the story is. In this episode we look at multitouch in Windows 7. What are all the multitouch gestures? Will there be more? What is…

I got a hot Twitter tip about this new product, which appears to be a multi-touch pad that connects to a Windows PC. Along with two buttons which I’m assuming work like standard mouse buttons, there’s a flat surface (77.2 mm x 45 mm) like a mouse touchpad where it seems you can use finger gestures…

IdentityMine is a Seattle company that builds interesting multitouch and Surface applications, you might have seen some of their videos online including the Surface air hockey game or the Snoboard customization application shown at CES. CTO Andrew Whiddett invited me over to see a couple…

A equipe do time Surface estava em Las Vegas para a inauguração do Surface no i-Bar do Rio Casino. Eles aproveitaram e gravaram umas demonstrações das funcionalidades dessa mesa Surface. Confira o vídeo do Surface do Rio Casino no blog do meu amigo Nic Fillingham.

TechFest 2008 got under way this week on the Microsoft campus and one of the most popular booths at the event was Lucid Touch.  Patrick Baudisch with Microsoft research gives us a demo but I'll give you the scoop here as well.  Touch is a compelling input modality for…