Nice.

Posted at 12:36 pm on May 8th, 2009 by anon

This will work with any optical multitouch system not just openframeworks tracking soft! There are a multitude of freeware blob trackers out there and playstation eye cameras can be modded easy to work with FTIR, LLP, Rear DI.

Posted at 12:37 pm on May 8th, 2009 by grovenstien

For that price, you think they could include a projector!

Build your own for less than a 1/10th of the cost of this system.

Posted at 1:11 pm on May 8th, 2009 by $$

this is totally awesome.

Posted at 1:28 pm on May 8th, 2009 by fat

I agree with $$, a bit steep for a part.I would be curious as to how many they actually sell at that price. I just assume build myself.

Posted at 1:51 pm on May 8th, 2009 by Skuhl

holy crap!! I was thinking a couple hundred bucks, not a couple thousand!

Posted at 3:59 pm on May 8th, 2009 by barry99705

seems to m they are charging thousands of dollars for about 60-70 dollars worth of materiel, instructions and code can be found all over the net, and its just two accrylic sheets sanwiching ir leds and a translucent sheet, seems a little ridiculous to me.

Posted at 10:48 pm on May 8th, 2009 by mkeyFinn

$$: While that may be true for you, many people (such as myself) don’t have access to the equipment to build one of these, let alone with such quality.

Posted at 11:53 pm on May 8th, 2009 by St.Jimmy

actually the specific material they are using, just for the back piece cost a few hundred dollars and the camera again is a few hundred and the time to cut the pieces cost money (unless you have a laser cutter, but then you’re looking at a 10k piece of machine)

I tried to DIY, it cost a lot more then you’d think.

Posted at 12:59 am on May 9th, 2009 by fat

diy is cheap (relative).
for about 250 dollar’s you’ll have all the items needed, and no need for a laser cutter.
a bit of electronics, woodworking en patience and you’ll have a good solid table for a whole lot less.
a projector goes for about 400 dollars here (netherlands), a simple wooden table to use as a base is 50 dollars (IKEA :P). that makes a grand total of about 650 dollar. that’s a complete table.
software comes from the almighty internet or the guy behind the keyboard. or from the touchkit site, as their code is free (see faq).
so that’s 4 complete tables for the price of 1 expensive touckit.

Posted at 2:27 am on May 9th, 2009 by bolke

or 700 dollar per table … damned math …

Posted at 2:28 am on May 9th, 2009 by bolke

But… FTIR = Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.

Posted at 7:18 am on May 9th, 2009 by Minalth

ftir= frustrated total internal reflection

Posted at 9:00 am on May 9th, 2009 by caleb kraft

If you want to build a multitouch table get over to NUI group!

Posted at 10:04 am on May 9th, 2009 by grovenstien