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citywall.org - 10/10/2008

CityWall

— citywall.org — 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 ... (more) CityWall

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news.cnet.com - 10/11/2008

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 — ... users can add text comments to the display which can then be manipulated by finger-touch.  Alternatively, CityWall automatically downloads and displays photos tagged with ’helsinki’, ‘citywall’ or ‘cwhki’; if an image is tagged ”cwnicehki” CityWall categorizes it under “nice things”, whereas the tag “cwnuishki” catageorizes the image as a nuisance. [via CNET] ...

CityWall, écran multitouches
w3sh magazine — ... 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. Le système utilise une combinaison de caméras, projecteurs et capteurs infrarouges. Pour finir, les passants peuvent envoyer un texto à un numéro spéciale pour voir afficher leur message sur l’écran. via CNET

MultiTouch CityWall showcases Minority Report like 3D interface
Newlaunches.com — ... exhibition that is located in downtown Helsinki, Finland. The aim of this new system is to study the Mixed Reality Interaction and Presence in Urban Environments. If you simply take a look at the video, you will see the smoothness of the interface as it manages to track multiple fingers without going berserk. The touchscreen technology and applications have been developed by the Ubiquitous Interaction group at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology and Multitouch. Source