Lumin Multitouch Table Better Than Microsoft Surface, They Swear
Germany's "Lumin" is talking a bit of trash about Microsoft's Surface multi-touch tables—or at least their PR partners are, suggesting the Lumin Multitouch display works well in lighting, unlike "Microsoft's Surface prototype ... which only works in dark surroundings." (I am making a presumption that it was Lumin's PR firm since the email that sent the about quote is from HaffaPartner.de, a PR company.)
While the Lumin Multitouch may be a fine piece of kiosk hardware, I've seen the Surface in action in a well-lit area and it wasn't washed out. And because of the way the Surface works—with an array of cameras peering up from below the projected screen—it can do all those fancy "recognize your gadgets" tricks that a standard display with a multi-touch overlay cannot.
Anyway, not a big deal, but I just wanted to call out that little attempt at PR sniping, despite the fact that at the end of the day which multi-thousand-dollar kiosk display is which won't affect any of us in the least.
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I wish my display (see here: http://youtube.com/user/djdestruction555) were multi touch. The hardware / software just isnt available for general pc use yet...
I think that many many companies have similar multitouch displays. At PyCon a few weeks ago Enthought demoed their multi-touch screens that can take up to 40 touch inputs at the same time. Their displays look very similar to the Lumin display. Their target market seems to be scientific visualization, including easily manipulating 3d visualizations. Very cool stuff.