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CityWall is a large multi-touch display installed in a central location in Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface for the everchanging media landscape of the city. The new interface launched in October 2008 also allows working with 3D objects, which enables multiple content ...
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CityWall LCD lets users get touchy-feely
CityWall LCD lets users get touchy-feely
news.cnet.com — Three dimensional orbs are the way of the future. (Credit: MultiTouch) Multitouch technology really does seem to... be the next big thing as far as computer interfaces go. The iPhone has it implemented, Microsoft is embedding the tech into Windows ... (more) CityWall LCD lets users get touchy-feely
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CityWall multitouch interactive display
SlashGear — ... CityWall is an interactive multitouch project open to public experimentation at the Lasipalatsi medical center in Helsinki, Finland.  Developed by the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, CityWall currently offers passers-by a 3D GUI to explore the benefits and nuisances of urban nature.  It’s able to recognize an unlimited number of fingers touching the screen and uniquely identify them. ...

CityWall Interactive Multitouch Display Now Has a Glorious 3D Interface [Multitouch]
Gizmodo — ... Institute for Information Technology just launched their new 3D UI for the interactive display, which makes it look super futuristic and awesome. While not actually 3D in the physical sense, the UI is fully rendered in 3D. As the video below shows, groups of files are represented as spheres, which can be manipulated in every which way. You can even look at the photo thumbnails inside the sphere "from behind." Though the demo is thin, it shows some really interesting ideas at play. [CityWall via ...

CityWall, écran multitouches
w3sh magazine — ... Les finlandais à l’honneur aujourd’hui avec un projet d’écran public multitouch. Mise en application au centre médical Lasipalatsi dans la ville d’Helsinki, le CityWall permet aux passants d’explorer les bienfaits et les nuisances de la nature urbaine. L’écran tactile qui peut reconnaitre un nombre illimité de pressions, possède une interface GUI en 3D. ...

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CityWall Interactive Multitouch Display Now Has a Glorious 3D Interface [Multitouch]
gizmodo.com 10/11/2008 — CityWall has been around for a little bit now, offering a giant multitouch display of maps and other service-oriented features. But now the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology just launched their new 3D UI for the interactive display, which ...