iTable - by PQ Labs

Well its finally here. They have released the iTable! - only its not Apple, its a small company, PQ Labs. While not an Apple product its very cool in its own right. The iTable Multi-Touch G2 is actually an adapter you can affix to your own 32" display (they build to order for 42", 46" and 50" displays). It comes with software that allows you to use it with Microsoft Windows XP or Mac OS X - Vista may be supported as well but they don't say on their web site. In fact, their web site is really information poor.

The demo of the iTable Multi-Touch G2 is pretty good - looks like it has some exciting preinstalled applicaitons. There is no information on whether or not they will provide an SDK. This story, which is what led me to the iTable, provides a little more information saying that they plan to make a SDK aviable and to distribute with full integration into a 32" display with optional table. The screen adapter itself is $2,399.00, but you need to have your own 32" display. As a full table like the one shown in the photo above its supposed to run around $10,000.00.

I like the technology as its been shown on video. It looks poweful and while the gestures are a bit different the software supposively would allow you to change the gestures (or at least the SDK should). I really like the table form factor as shown in the image but there is no infornmation about it on the site and its obviously a 3D graphic on the video, not a real table.

I really hope they make good on providing and SDK - I would love to get my hands on one and do some programming. A couple things I really like about is its price (obviously) but also it provides higher resolution (1920x1080) than Surface (1024x768), can be used in bright lighting conditions, and can be used with your regular Windows or Mac operating system.