ART+COM's Touchmaster is a large scale multitouch presentation system - so far the only one of its kind - for the visualization of multimedia content. Several users can access media applications simultaneously and independently of one another. Unlike multitouch screens, the images are projected onto a borderless table top. The result is a crystal clear image of up to two metres long a metre wide over the entire surface.
The large presentation surface – which can be adapted to almost any size and shape for custom installations – is ideally suited for the visualization of complex interactive content like for example geographical information, corporate and product presentations, technical drawings and blue prints demanded by architects and engineers alike. The Touchmaster can be used for permanent installations in museums, galleries and show rooms as well as for temporary applications on trade fairs, road shows and events.
"Tactile" content and the interaction itself take centre-stage and make the Touchmaster the ideal presentation system for venues with large numbers of visitors and settings that demand a hands-on experience. The robust modular table construction allows for quick assembly and disassembly, as well as transportation in the optional flightcases, making the system ideally suited for cost efficient trade fair and convention use.
PROXIMATRIX 400
The Touchmaster's projection surface incorporates the ART+COM PROXIMATRIX, a patent pending proximity sensor technology, which allows touch-sensitive interfaces to be embedded into surfaces made of non-conducting materials like for example wood, plastics and ceramics in almost any size and shape, even curved. This is done by installing a system with transmitter and receiver modules under the table's surface. A custom controller supplies 400 readings per square metre around 20 times a second via USB or Ethernet. These readings are evaluated by special driver software and transmitted to the software application. PROXIMATRIX is the second generation of a multi-user capable proximity sensor technology for large surfaces. The first generation has been employed since 2004 in a great number of applications for clients in industry, culture and research. ART+COM Technologies offers PROXIMATRIX to produce interactive surfaces of custom designs, sizes and shapes and provides assistance for the integration of the design with individual software applications.
History
ART+COM started developing interactive tables back in 2003. In 2004 the first installation, named floating.numbers for the Jewish Museum in Berlin was made public. Since then more than 20 interactive tables have been realised, including the corporate sculpture for the BMW Museum spanning an area of 36 square metres.
Selected Projects
- documenta mobil (2005)
- The New Austria (2005)
- The Settlement Exhibition (2006)
- The Science of Aliens (2005-2009)
- Home and Exile (2006)
In a Nutshell:
- Large-scale multi-touch presentation system
- Touch-sensitive interface for intuitive operation
- Borderless large-format display for a wide range of multimedia content
- Robust free-standing construction
- Easy to set up
- Suitable for transport in flight cases
Applications:
- Stationary - at exhibitions, showrooms, points of sale
- Mobile - at trade fairs, roadshows, events
- For interactive company and product presentations
- For large-scale representations of geo-information (e.g. maps, satellite images), technical drawings and diagrams
- For the visualization of complex structures in process and production control (e.g. control room environment, operations and strategic planning)
- For multi-layer information levels such as text, image, graphics or film
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