Multi-Touch Interface Research

There seem to be a lot of open-source projects for multi-touch tables or walls by now. I guess there must be about 100 private initiatives in Europe alone, because not everybody goes online with photos or a blog. There is definitely more material around than there was half a year ago, and I believe there will be a complete description with all required materials and instructions available soon. One of these ressources is nuigroup.com with a blog, a wiki that explains hard- and software and a forum. Also, there is an IRC channel (irc.freenode.net #ftir) to discuss multitouch tables – among other things. And a lot of people – e.g. the c-base MultiTouchConsole from Berlin – are happy to share their knowledge, which is great.

A lot of these projects are documented on flickr too, you just have to check out all public photos tagged with multitouch (231 right now). But I’ve noticed that there is no group that collects them all and where a discussion can be opened, so I have created the flickr Multi-Touch group, which is open to everyone of course and you are invited to join.