Apple's Multi-touch screen

DiNASTY · 04-14-2006, 06:20 PM

Kinda cool check it out...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...181774&pl=true

nameeri · 04-14-2006, 07:45 PM

Now thats cool!

DarquePervert · 04-14-2006, 07:47 PM

Now that's been posted multiple times!

DiNASTY · 04-14-2006, 08:00 PM

Where? I did a search for "Apple" "Apples" and "Bananas" before i posted??

0l33l · 04-14-2006, 08:38 PM

looks pretty cool. How useful is it for the car pc community? Not very. More of CAD or digital art work IMO.

84RegalRider · 04-16-2006, 03:46 AM

it will be the end of the keyboard and mouse.
(physical keyboard at least).

AllThingsEnd · 04-16-2006, 11:35 AM

minority report all over again

0l33l · 04-16-2006, 06:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by AllThingsEnd

minority report all over again

heh...
minority report had a translucent screen

AllThingsEnd · 04-17-2006, 12:18 AM

theyre already making lcd screens inside of glass. how hard would it be to put a touchscreen into it

0l33l · 04-17-2006, 12:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by AllThingsEnd

theyre already making lcd screens inside of glass. how hard would it be to put a touchscreen into it

It would probably cause glare

AllThingsEnd · 04-17-2006, 12:41 AM

i didnt see glare in minority report. then again i still have yet to finish watching the movie. i fall asleep every single time i watch it. im on the 8th time now.

0l33l · 04-17-2006, 01:26 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by AllThingsEnd

i didnt see glare in minority report. then again i still have yet to finish watching the movie. i fall asleep every single time i watch it. im on the 8th time now.

smoke less pot before watching the movie

What I mean was that touchscreens produce glare... and glass is already refelctive. So that's probably not that great of a medium for touchscreens.

TheFaze · 04-17-2006, 05:51 AM

Not to get all technical on you, but Apple has pattented their idea for integration of this technology , not the technology itself, which is being developed by Jefferson Y. Han at NYU, who holds a full pattent to this technology (FTIR). Basically Apple has plans to use it, but didn't come up with the technology. It's pretty amazing stuff as are most of Han's concepts.

I think this will be the future of home computing and will change computers and the way we input and intereact with programs forever. Imagine your entire desktop (meaning the actual and spacial surface area) is one of these screens. Imagine playing RTS games on it, holy carp that would rock!