Struktable: the 70-inch Multitouch Table

Strukt a events and exhibitions design company in Austria demonstrated their Struktable multitouch table with a whopping 70-inch display. The device, of which there is only one at this time, is for rent or you can have one built for purchase.

Thanks to Luxuo for the heads up on this beautiful machine. There is a video of the device in action. Warning the video uses the worst sound track I've ever heard, but just hit mute and enjoy it anyway.

Update March 20, 2009

Thomas Hitthaler of Strukt was kind enough to return my email and answer some more questions about Struktable - here is what he said (with a little bit of editing and sans the intro and sign-off):

The Struktable runs on Windows XP and the Multitouch framework consists of two applications:

1. Tracker: a standalone app that handles calibration and blob tracking. That data is sent via OSC (or any other network protocol) to the development platform. We do also support APIs for C++, C# and vvvv(vvvv.org) that circumvent the few millisecond delay caused by sending network packages to the localhost.

2. In-house we are using vvvv to develop our applications. You can try it for free (http://www.vvvv.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=1861). Right now we are experimenting with Flash applications on the table. Works well... Any other development platform should work as well.

In principle we can build the Struktable out of any desired material. Right now we are using MDF with an steel cover. The surface consists of safety glass and a few other layers.