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DIY Multi-Touch Tabletop "Surface PC"

Posted by kdawson on from the beneath-the-surface dept.

notthatwillsmith writes "We've all seen the nifty demos of Microsoft's Surface PC. Now Maximum PC details how you can put together your own multi-touch tabletop PC. The article shows how you can build the cabinet and combine that with a standard PC, a decent projector, about $350 worth of assorted hardware (cameras, lenses, mirrors, and screens), and a handful of free apps to build your own Surface-like PC — without giving Microsoft $10,000."

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  1. not really 350$... by polle404 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Reading TFA, it's not really 350$, as they already had the projector and the PC.
    It's an impressive build nonetheless.

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  2. Re:Will not replace the mouse / keyboard for a whi by zwei2stein · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Even if it works perfectly, it will not cut it.

      * You have to move your hands, without resting support. Thought mouse carpal tunnel is bad? Wait for days work with this tech

      * I have yet to see demo which looks, well, usefull. It looks like it is all about eye candy. They do a lot, but they do "random stuff" ... have photo pile, pick one at random, zoom, drag it to another pile at random. Impressive, but only if you don't think about what they do.

    It is more like mouse gestures which have very low user penetration for reason. (Why draw glyph if you can just press button?). Or voice command. Voice reconginition was perfected, but noone wants to use it (its slow, using it looks kinda dumb, it has no added value if you do not have disability).

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