Polygon Magic, a video game development company from Japan, has just introduced its own multi-touch table, G-Panel, that is very similar to Microsoft Surface. (thanks to Silconera.com for the heads-up).Like Microsoft Surface, one of its form factors is a table - although its higher than Surface. It uses projection with inferred detection that appears to support at least 10 fingers.
According to the web site there is a strong focus on "dotted cards" which are pretty much the same as Surface byte or identity tags only they use an invisible inferred ink so you can't see the dot pattern and the tags are larger (thus the emphasis on "cards"). You can buy the inferred ink, a "stealth" cartridge, and print your own cards.
There isn't a lot of information on technical specifications of the table or its price. The market is clearly video arcades as well as hospitality market, so the price point is probably pretty high. Here are some video demonstrations.
UPDATE: July 13, 2009
I sent an email to Polygon Magic to find out how much their multi-touch tables cost and I got the following reply.
Mr. Richard Monson-Haefel
Thanks you very much for your inquiry regarding Grid Screen Panel.
Currently, G-panel is not in mass-production and all would be order made this time, where as the price would be approximately 21,000 USD which is equivalent to 2,000,000 Japanese yen(according to today’s Yahoo currency converter)
Therefore, the price will vary as per size, shape, usage as well as the procurement time of materials, so that, in case of purchasing please let us know, we would provide detail Quotation.
Feel free to contact with us in case of further queries.
With best regards,
Nilufa Yasmin
Production Section
Polygon Magic, Inc
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