Demand Evolution's "The Kit" a 50" multi-touch kit for $2,000

CruchGear reported on DemandEvolution a large multi-touch screen company that has two products, Gecko a complete 30" multi-touch enclosure for $5,500.00, and The Kit, a 50" multi-touch you-assemble-it-kit for $2,000.00.

The Kit includes software, a 50" LLP multi-touch screen, and inferred camera on a portable swivil stand. The Kit comes ready to assemble but you have to provide your own projector and computer to run the software. The software itself is based on the free and open TouchLib, Community Core Vision, reactTIVision, or PyMT touch processing software (take your pick). This gives you the option of developing multi-touch applications in Java, Flash, Python and other languages.

The cost of adding a computer can be pretty low (~ $500.00), but the cost of a projector can be significant. Really good projectors will run you up to a couple of thousand dollars. DemandEvolution doesn't recommend a specific projector. So unless you have an extra machine and projector assume that full assembly of The Kit will cost an additional $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 making the full investement $3,500.00 to $4,000.00. Not too bad compared to alternatives.

What I like about The Kit is that it's very portable. You can disassemble the 50" screen from the stand and then pack them up separately along with a computer and projector. Carry the computer and projector on the plane and pack stand and the 50" screen (use a mile of bubble wrap) for check in. The Kit will be great for road-shows on multi-touch - I'm very tempted to buy one myself!