It’s almost a year old, but a recently put together video showcases a past project much better than previous ones. The BitBox was a school project for the IMD program at Carleton University. Put together from scratch by 5 guys in 3 months while attending full-time school, we were all surprised with the results. We now have a second version on the way which will employ IR lasers instead of LEDs and be encased in a arcade quality cabinet. Where that second version leads is unknown but I’m happy to have reserved OpenSurface.org. This is my excitement face.
People on the project were myself – Joshua Mark, Chris Atallah, Chris Burt, Kevin Paquette and Matt McLean. If you’d like to learn more or build a touch table yourself visit the project “learning center” at BitBox.Archonic.com. The touch input to Flash is driven by open source software called CCV (Community Core Vision) developed by the good people at the NUI Group. If you want to make one yourself, NUI Group is an invaluable resource. Let me (and the NUI forums) know of your multi-touch creations!
