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[senit] Simultaneous use of Touchscreen/mouse and switch

Sarah Greenland sarah.greenland at ntlworld.com
Wed Mar 7 09:16:29 GMT 2007

Article: [senit] Simultaneous use of Touchscreen/mouse and switch

Hi Sean
That truly is an amazing video.  Thank you for pointing me at it!   You 
would need a fabulous PC setup to play those demos, though.  Fast processor, 
latest video card.  But I don't think you'd need a multi-touch screen to 
achieve all those effects,  hmmmm.

Actually, I think you might be able to touch multiple balloons with Touch 
Balloons.  Can't test it at the moment, because I only have a pen tablet 
with one pen...

Oh dear, I hope I haven't got your hopes up too much about this follow-up. 
There is only one object on the screen at a time that can be controlled - so 
my question was really about what you do when there is a fight for control.

Thank you again - you've put ideas in my head!

Sarah Greenland



Sean wrote:

Hi Sarah,

Not a direct answer, but do take time to look at this video on
YouTube - multitouch interaction with a display allowing simultaneous
touches (whether it happens to be one person using two hands or two
separate children):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTBn7NsON4

Sean O'Sullivan
sean.frankwise at easynet.co.uk
Deputy Headteacher
Frank Wise School, Banbury
http://www.frankwise.oxon.sch.uk

http://www.parkroadict.co.uk





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