Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Multi-touch user interfaces

Jeff_han_multitouch_uiIf you haven't yet seen Jeff Han's user interface supporting multiple simultaneous touches make sure to view that demo or this updated demo.

Beautiful stuff!

There are also rumors of commercial availability tied to a new company Preceptive Pixel with a very large screen and commercial applications. Apparently the iPhone and Jeff Han's work were developed independently.

Feb 20, 2007 10:02:11 PM | Wireless User Interface

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