Downloads
Download the example files for this week here.
Multitouch displays
We have access some multitouch display test units that will eventually form part of a much larger touch screen display, called “The Cube”, which will be built as part of the new QUT Science and Technology precinct.
The multitouch technology we are using is by a company called “Multitouch LTD“.
Have a look at some of the case studies to see what people are doing with this technology.
Multitouch Flash SDK
The multitouch display technology communicates touch events over a standard network protocol called TUIO so you could feasibly develop in any environment you like. To reduce a lot of the work to do with processing touch events we can use the provided Flash SDK for creating multitouch applications called “Cornerstone“.
Normally you need a special account to download the flash sdk, but I have provided a link for you to download it here. I have also included the sdk along with the downloadable example files.
Emulating the Multitouch Hardware with a Mouse and Keyboard
See here for instructions on emulating multitouch events with a mouse and keyboard when you are testing without access to the multitouch display technology.
Example 1
This example displays multiple different information graphics and allows the user to move and resize each with multitouch gestures for side-by-side comparison.
Information graphics are from informationisbeautiful.net. *note these graphics are used for the purpose of demonstrating functionality only. For your assignment you must create all the information graphics.
Example 2
This example uses multitouch gestures to enable the user to zoom in and out of a very large information graphic that is too big to comfortably fit on the screen all at once.
