How to Install the Multi-touch Plugin for Compiz A few people have asked me how to install the compiz multi-touch plugin so here is a quick guide (for recent editions of ubuntu). I’d like to thank all the developers who provided the original code and modifications for this plugin. I just consolidated their code, they did all the hard work. Continue reading →
Multi-touch Interaction with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Using the new multi-touch tables at Durham University provided by Ness Furniture we tried out the currently available multi-touch features of two operating systems. The first operating system is Windows 7 which comes with some simple multi-touch features, mostly mouse emulation and image manipulation. Continue reading →
Control of Compiz Multi-touch plugin using input from an iPhone I’ve recently made some corrections to the compiz multi-touch plugin so to test the change I installed the plugin on my netbook. However I can’t get access to any multi-touch podiums or tables. Infact the only multi-touch device I have access to is an iphone. Therefore I’ve decided to use an iphone touch to TUIO app. Continue reading → 54.519686 -1.583103
Collaborative Multi-Touch Development Multi-touch technology is rapidly becoming common place and offers many advantages over traditional human-computer interaction techniques. There is now the chance to discover new computer uses which utilise the more direct and intuitive input techniques offered by multi-touch. Continue reading →
Application of Media Manipulation Techniques to Multi-touch Computing in Support of Education This work was featured in several news stories on numerous websites, newspapers and radio stations along with featuring on local news as part of a news story on Durham University’s work on the ‘class room of the future’. Continue reading →
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