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CityWall Hki (video)

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CityWall is a large multi-touch display installed in central down town Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface for its urban surrounding...

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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 — 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. Check out the video demo of CityWall after the cut Similar to other multitouch screens we’ve seen, CityWall uses a rear-projection system with multiple cameras, projectors ...

CityWall Interactive Multitouch Display Now Has a Glorious 3D Interface [Multitouch]
Gizmodo — 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 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, 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. 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. ...

MultiTouch CityWall showcases Minority Report like 3D interface
Newlaunches.com — citywall3d03-web.jpg Minority Report like interface is getting even closer to reality; it has at least reached the 3D interface level. By 3D, we do not mean spatially, rather as just the interface of a multitouch display system. HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology) has unveiled the newest and the coolest multitouch interface system. The Finnish company MultiTouch recently showcased CityWall multitouch LCDs, which currently is being used for an interactive 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 ...