Cool touch screen

Kazuya · Post by **Kazuya** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:31 pm

One for the techies...
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=15757

ElementoY · Post by **ElementoY** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:55 pm

Imagine Photoshop or Blender with one of those?

I _NEED_ one!

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:16 pm

In case anyone think they need one, I'm in the planing stage of home-building these. The prise will be set by the price a can aquire the needed low-end scrap webcams and some plexiglass. I garantee im cheap

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:28 pm

oooh sweet

when i tried looking at the site for the group that made this like a week or so ago, the video was way over bandwidth and couldt play. good thing someone mirroed it

Joe_Oliveri · Post by **Joe_Oliveri** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:56 am

Wow I would sell my computer for that thing.

That is very very cool!

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:42 am

As I also published this last night on the IRC channel I might as well show you guys this simple build plan (or what ever theyre called)
I hope it gives even just a weak idea of the concept.
Im also working on some quick 3D renders to give you an idea of what the camera would be seeing. Should help you understand even better.

LINK!

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:42 pm

The new build plan: http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=plan25wd.png

Pazystamo · Post by **Pazystamo** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:25 pm

Saku wrote:The new build plan: http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=plan25wd.png

And how it should work? as i can see you get only w2 pos, but how do you get hight?

and do you write some image recognition program?

ElementoY · Post by **ElementoY** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:21 pm

Pazystamo wrote:And how it should work? as i can see you get only w2 pos, but how do you get hight?

i think this plan might be a bit clearer relating to how it recognizes, and it uses a mirror as a lens

and do you write some image recognition program?

there are some libs out there that do motion recognition... if they're not suitable, then just a quick black-spots-on-white detection should be enough

the problem will be the api, as it will have to be almost completely different from almost everything today, and no mainstream programs will support it right away without changes

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:25 pm

(Hope you dont mind ElementoY)
Here is a good illustration done by the great ElementoY:
http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... ror8dk.jpg
We're going for this one now, mine sucked for taking all that space as you see.

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:51 am

OMG! is that for real?

and those drawings you post are how to home-make it?

minority report pcs..here we go!

Joe_Oliveri · Post by **Joe_Oliveri** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:39 am

LOL... Yeah.. Btw how much do you guys think one of these cost. I know on newegg a touch screen is about $1,500 just for the screen. With that you can only use one hand on the screen at a time.

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:45 pm

Both the one in the video and the ones we are trying to build are purely conceptual, but as stated on the website these are actually quite cheap to make.
I think the most exspensive part of the input device, in my end of the world at least, is the plexi.
The screen can, as you can see in the original clip, be a projector. I was more thinking of maybe just have the input infront of a CRT screen or maybe my laptop, unless I can borrow a projector somewhere.

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:15 pm

you guys from Denmark have some very cool ideas... and some very very cool bands: MEW!

ps. Quick question: why are you guys so much into Japanese culture?

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:07 pm

afecelis wrote:ps. Quick question: why are you guys so much into Japanese culture?

japanese culture = superior