maaaazin. my mouse sucks

Hmm, that reminds me of the multitouch demo video from a year ago. Note the appearance of World Wind in the video.

Or this one, from TEDTalks, where he actually says stuff about what he's doing.

His name is Jeff Han, not Hale.

Argh. Fixed. WHo the hell is Jeff Hale?? Where did I get that name from?

Meh...It all just ripped from Minority Report anyway....

I wanna know what kind of graphics processor they are using. Did you notice multiple videos playing at once?

heh.

Microsoft just "touched" it and makes this whole space VERY interesting.

The best thing about this interface is that the person using it is standing up and moving his arms and body. Engaged like a human being. Like Hemingway, standing upright at his typewriter. Not sitting in a cube like a caged animal. Bravo.

"Meh...It all just ripped from Minority Report anyway...."

Actually multi-touch technology has been around for years, before Minority Report. It's just never been very advanced or practical to use.

Matter of fact, there was a hack made on macs a little while ago in which a multi-touch screen was made out of a plastic bag, some water that was dyed blue, a camera and a sheet of glass, essentially allowing you to make a multi-touch input device for a few bucks if you've got a good digital camera laying around.