Sphere: Multi-Touch Interactions on a Spherical Display

Sphere is a multi-user, multi-touch-sensitive spherical display in which an infrared camera used for touch sensing shares the same optical path with the projector used for the display.

Sphere has been developed by Hrvoje Benko, Andy Wilson, and Ravin Balakrishnan at Microsoft Research.

http://research.microsoft.com/~benko/projects/sphere/

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[EricRamirezRodriguez]

Wow!!! This sphere is more useful than the toilet paper for left handed people.

[tom5343]

its itnteresting but impractical nd i wud just prefer a flat screet.....will like it anyway !!

[fangs616]

lol the next iphone, is a freakin marble xD

[ghostfish94]

it would be amazing to play age of empires in that

[saveriope]

best video ever explaining the Puffersphere!

[tecmileniouniversida]

el iphone en version esfera!!..

[93menS93]

the glove thing is cool

[rade617]

a teatherball app would be pretty cool. play tether ball in your living room without knocking anything over

[MrC0de]

wouldn't sphere pong be kinda pointless, considering it's an (essentially) infinite play field?

[fung258]

that sphere pong is interesting:p

[BattleoftheBones]

Don't listen to them, I think it's a fantastic interface. Can I beta test? I was about to build my own DIY flat screen multitouch, but this is much more intuitive. I'd love to try 3D modeling with this as the interface.