Out-of-the-box multitouch on Linux

This video, shot by ENAC's Interactive Computing Laboratory, demonstrates how one can use out-of-the-box Linux applications with multitouch displays, using the lab's kernel drivers and modified X.org evdev driver. See http://lii-enac.fr/en/projects/sharei... for technical details. This work was done during project ShareIT, carried out with Thales Avionics, IntuiLab and Stantum, and sponsored by Aerospace Valley. The ShareIT project explores the use of multitouch interaction for future commercial aircraft cockpits.

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[moises blanco]

Do doubt Windows is going to copy this and claim it as their feature as well. Windows hire only the best and brightest, my ass.

[Apopas Apopatos]

Just one word,,,

IMPRESSIVE!

[onilink422]

Oh, Hitch hikers reference!

[Rifalltoo]

I think Windows has too many developers all screwing up each other's code. But what will they say? "we don't have enough double checkers". Then they hire 1,000 more developers and suddenly we're paying 200 dollars for the starter version.

[GeekHardware]

Awesome! Thank You!

[chrizmaster]

42!

[strelok1911]

too bad it has been done on windows starting with q4 2008 you dumbshit.

[trufiend138]

um yeah nice....Vaporware .....

[n l]

It this resistive or captive?

[setlec]

I do understand what you mean but don't forget that 99.99% of windows users are as bump as toilet. they take every thing from M$ as granted. Bah poor guys!

[moises blanco]

I agree with everything you stated to the teeth, but that is not what I recently heard from some Windows fans and therefore I just threw that in there. The thing is that windows wasn't the ones that brought up the visual effects either, like compiz for example then all of the sudden they rub some of those effect into windows 7 and window user are taking it as if Windows came up with the idea and that just does sit well with some Apple and Linux users.

[nuclearbananaphone]

This is just a multi-touch driver for Linux. It's not a proprietary operating system feature like the dock on a Mac. This is more a hardware drive product. It can run just as well on Win 7 as it does Linux. Windows wouldn't be stealing this guys idea because multi-touch has been around for a while. It's like blaming Microsoft for using a keyboard with Windows. Multi-touch technology isn't the idea of some Linux hacker, he just made it usable on Linux.