Cool touch screen

[Saku]

japanese culture = superior

Have to second that! ^^
And while we're at it Chobits = Superior

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?

I don't actually think the average Dane or Irrlichter is very much into Japanese culture. I am tho

Oh yeah, and on behalf of the rest of Denmark, I thank you for those kind words

One last thing tho, don't forget ElementoY! Hes the real brains behind this atm.
Im pretty much just stealing all of his great ideas and bombarding him with my lack of knowledge.
If you wanna see for yourself then come on IRC.
#irrlicht on freenode! GOGOGO!! The more, the merrier!

Thanks for the support!

/Saku

[Saku]

Since this has kinda become the main thread for our "little" project, I might as well post this little video here. The video show this this little software I wrote to handle the input analasis from the webcam:

http://zoneone.dk/files/MTSSoftwareTest1.avi

It's a version 0.0.1 still so don't draw too many conclusions yet.
I made it in java so with a little luck we can make this thing crossplatform

As the project progresses it seems that the material is slowly gathering. With a little luck either I or probably ElementoY will have a prototype up in a short while.

..hopefully ^^

[KittenGamer]

Not to burst anyones bubble, but touch screen technology isn't difficult nor new, the processor speed is the only limitation we have ever had. It is easy to turn any monitor, though flat panel is best, into a touch screen if you understand the concepts, which I know of three techniques (light, pressure, and heat to oversimplify them).

[sRc]

Not to burst anyones bubble, but touch screen technology isn't difficult nor new, the processor speed is the only limitation we have ever had. It is easy to turn any monitor, though flat panel is best, into a touch screen if you understand the concepts, which I know of three techniques (light, pressure, and heat to oversimplify them).

if you watch the video, you'll see why this one is so different. yes, toouchscreen isnt new or diffucult, but this isnt any ordinary touchscreen. in general, touchscreens only register one input, if you touch in more than one place it'll take the average of those positions as the input it sends. the touchscreen in that video records more than one input location... a lot more. that is something that neither current widespread touchscreen technology or software can do, it would have to be designed and programmed from the ground up to accept any number of positions and outputs

[KittenGamer]

This is no way intended to be an insult, so please don't take it as such because only a few people will probably know what I am talking about. I saw the video by the way. Touch Screen registers for some stores have had the technology of tracking multiple touches, as well as drag and drop. It is a different technology but a similiar concept to the keyboard, using layers of clear plastic instead and various other materials to conduct energy.

I know because I have used them extensively and was a tester for some small businesses in Tucson for awhile, as well as training the employees how to use the new systems which was NOT fun. I played with them and tried to mess them up, though they did have limitations they could handle on average of five touches before not knowing which was which, but that was because the processor wasn't capable of processing more than that, it wasn't the actual screen itself.