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Microsoft’s Surface Multitouch Table

March 25, 2009 – 2:50 PM

We have all heard of Microsoft’s Surface system. It was released back in July 2008 to commercial partners as a new form of touch computing for public environments. There has been a lot of interest about this product over that last 10 months – clients and partners are asking us about it’s functionality, costs, specifications, [...]

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TacTable’s Multitouch Table

March 15, 2009 – 12:48 PM

Apple is well known for bringing new cutting edge technology to the masses but in most cases they are not the inventors or first movers. This is true for the MP3 player market (does anyone remember the Diamond Rio circa 1999) as well as the multi-touch technology that powers their iPhone. We have been working [...]

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Smart’s Multitouch Table

March 10, 2009 – 9:36 PM

Smart Table is a small multi-touch table solution from the same company that makes the Smart Board interactive whiteboards. This product is targeted at elementary schools and offers an inexpensive solution (approximately $9k) that can be customizes via C++ SDK. This is a projector-based IR solution that is true multitouch – 40 simultaneous interaction points. [...]

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ImpressX’s Multitouch Table xdesk

March 6, 2009 – 9:21 PM

ImpressX’s multitouch table product called xdesk is a 52inch rear projector based IR system similar to others currently available in the states. It appears to be true multi-touch solution and offers a similar 1024×768 resolution as its competitors.  Our attempts to contact them have failed and their website has a number of broken links so [...]

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St. Joe’s Welcome Center Emap Table

November 12, 2007 – 9:32 AM

This interactive table designed by ESI Design is a really thoughtful implementation of an elegant form factor which blends into its physical environment. The screen size and orientation nicely supports the subject matter (aerial view maps) and the communal railing encourages a multiple person interaction which enables the sales person to use the interactive while [...]

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