DiamondTouch

DiamondTouch Table
Developer(s)Circle Twelve Inc, MERL
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Websitehttp://www.circletwelve.com

The DiamondTouch table is a multi-touch, interactive PC interface product from Circle Twelve Inc. It is a human interface device that has the capability of allowing multiple people to interact simultaneously while identifying which person is touching where.[1] The technology was originally developed at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) in 2001[2] and later licensed to Circle Twelve Inc in 2008.[3] The DiamondTouch table is used to facilitate face-to-face collaboration, brainstorming, and decision-making, and users include construction management company Parsons Brinckerhoff,[4] the Methodist Hospital,[5] and the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).[6]

  1. ^ Sandhana, L., "Interactive display system knows users by touch", New Scientist, 25 May 2006
  2. ^ Dietz, P.; Leigh, D. (2001). "DiamondTouch: A Multi-User Touch Technology". Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. UIST: Orlando, FL. Vol. f. pp. 219–226.
  3. ^ Circle Twelve press release BusinessWire, 12 June 2008
  4. ^ Sharma, R., "Multi touch computing change the next generation of computer" Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine gyandotcom worldpress, 13 July 2008
  5. ^ Simon, S., "Plato's Cave", KIAH-TV 39 Interactive, 16 September 2009
  6. ^ Jay, E. F., "Touch-Table Collaboration" Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Geospatial Intelligence Forum, 2007 Volume 5 Issue 4.