Talk:Multi-touch interface

Outline

This is an outline that John Fischer, Anderson Osagie, and Jayvin Arora are developing to construct this article.Jayvin Arora 21:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

0. Introduction/Summary

1. Technology: How is it accomplished/implemented

2. History of touch technology ( single touch, ... )

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20008369-56.html?tag=mncol;mlt_related

3. Legal issues in Multi-Touch

    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/the-multi-touch-patent-game-who-was-first/2411
    http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f10/apple-does-not-own-multi-touch-legal-impossibility-5550/
    http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2008/02/multitouch_patents
    http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0262964.html
    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-htc-lawsuit-is-it-biting-off-more-than-it-can-sue/31565
    http://www.google.com/patents?id=dB4EAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20001424-260.html

4. Multi-Touch current implementations in different sectors.

5. How to develop apps for it. Basic framework, and things to keep in mind.

   a. Frameworks available (Java MT4j)

6. The Future of Multi-Touch

   a. Emerging Technologies
   b. Future Trends & Applications
   c. Pop-Culture/Movie Sightings

7. Shortcomings of the Multi-Touch (cons) (Ex: No Keyboard for feel, no mouse, etc...)

    a. Possible alternatives to MT that address flaws/problems.

8. References

Very nice.

I look forward to the article.

Interesting human factors can arise. Some years ago, I worked with an experimental high-resolution system for pathological examinations. We used a high-resolution touch screen.

For some reasons, physicians, who were very supportive of the project, were very reluctant to use the touch screen. Eventually, we found the problem: it was sufficiently photo-realistic that the tissue samples looked real to them, and subconsciously triggered their conditioning about ever touching tissue with bare hands. Once we gave them a light pen (or let them put on rubber gloves), it became user-friendly.

Howard C. Berkowitz 05:35, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Biometrics

It occurred to me that multitouch could provide some very interesting applications for biometric recognition and authentication, and probably some privacy concerns as well. There has been some recent research into using keystrokes when typing as a biometric identifier (ref http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/04/keystroke_biome.html) that I'm sure could be extrapolated and applied to multitouch. You could probably gauge some unique biometrics from multitouch as well, such as body dimensions based on touch points, etc.

Minority Report question

Was that really multi-touch that Tom Cruise used in Minority Report? I thought he was just gesturing 3D in the air using some kind of magnetic gloves or something, that had nothing to do with touching a flat surface. Since there was no "touching", I'm not sure what this has to do with multi-touch interfaces, which detect points of touching and directional movements for the points of touch. Please clarify why this reference belongs here (if it does).Pat Palmer 08:56, 12 August 2010 (UTC)