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cyancdesign — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:00:05 +0000

Coding Edits Coming

Looks like it is about time I back track a little and do some post editing. There are a few things that have changed through time that I should re-account for.

returnBlobs() now exists in the Touchlib TUIO library
using 'localhost' may not be the best to connect TUIO, with Win 7 out people have been [...]

Argos: Super Cool Multitouch Music Interface Builder

If you’re familiar with the Jazzmutant Lemur, you’ll want to get familiar with Argos Interface Builder by Dimitri Diakopoulos using the great c++ framework openFrameworks.

Flocking around with AS3 and Multitouch

For a while I’ve been interested in emergent behavior where simple rules can create complex behavior. One of the most known examples of such behavior is Craig Reynolds ‘boids’ where a few simple rules can recreate the flocking behavior of birds.

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Seth — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:52:51 +0000

Flash + Reactivision = Slider: A Dynamic Multiplayer Game

Before I started with multitouch, I was experimenting with interactive virtual gaming. As a result, for one of my final class projects at UCSD, I created a dynamic game I call ‘Slider’ which is a 1-3 player virtual hockey type game that adapts to the number of people playing.

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Seth — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:26:19 +0000

Introducing AS3 Multitouch Gesture Demo Application/Utility

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Seth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:48:02 +0000

Who Doesn’t Like Lava Lamps?

If you’re familiar with multitouch, you’re probably familiar with Jeff Han’s TED demo. In it, there’s an example of a lava application that shows an interesting use of multitouch.

A few months ago, I was trying to work on something similar.

The following is what I came up with. I never had the chance to finish and was only able to add mouse support at the time. So, here’s a preview of what might come to a multitouch screen near you at some point in the future.

It’s pretty slow since it uses bitmapdata and filters and the code is a bit of a Frankenstein of information I found online about ‘metaballs’. If I get a chance, i’ll see if I can get the code out.

Meanwhile, have some fun! Click around and push/move the lava!

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Seth — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:16:45 +0000

NUI Group announces Multitouch Technologies book release!

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cyancdesign — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:00:05 +0000

ViP Capacitive Foil - Hardware First Look

So this is a long time coming. Many months ago I decided I wanted to try using capacitive foil.
After searching around for a while, I decided to try the Visual Planer's Interactive Foil. I found the local distributor for the US at Brookview Technologies. My sales contact there has been very helpful through the whole [...]

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dennda — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:01:00 +0000

Multi-Touch Guitar

I just want to share the following video. Seriously, how awesome is this? (Click this posting’s title if you’re reading via a planet to see the video.)

That thing runs Gentoo.

Source.