He is using some technology that allows you to build a very cheap (as little as £5) touch screen interface and it allows for multi finger control.
The basic version just needs a webcam, a box, a clear surface (glass, plastic etc), a PC and the free software.
Check out this being built and used here.
But he has gone much further than this and created a rear projection table version of this touch screen so you are actually touching the objects on the screen and interacting with them. This is really cool and I definitely need to build one of these once he releases his guide on how to build it (I could work it out for myself but a guide to building something that is guaranteed to work is a much nicer solution). Check out the AudioTouch here and view the video.
And how much are M$ looking to charge for their forthcoming touchscreen coffee table?
Now all we need to work out is how to get emulators (mame) running and interacting with this table!
ps. thanks to Sarek2K for originally posting a link to this project on the oldskooluk forums.
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