Commercial webcam multi-touch coming soon
posted May 27th 2010 12:31pm by Mike Szczysfiled under: multitouch hacks
It looks like Toshiba has a webcam-based multi-touch display on the way. The video shows an iPod-esque photos album interface where the user stands in front of the display and manipulates it with both hands. The difference between this and some of the other multi-touch displays we’ve seen is that there is no touching necessary (goodbye fingerprints!). The user’s image is superimposed on the screen in a way that reminds us of the original Playstation Eye. Obviously this is much more refined, making us wonder if it’s the better camera, better processing, or both.
[Thanks Risingsun]








Anyone think about how stupid it sounds saying ‘multitouch’ as a buzzword when this is obvious it it not a touch input at all?