XO-2 software plans

[Morgan Collett]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   > It will be slightly more difficult to write (multi-touch) software
>   > for the XO-2 in an emulator or on a regular PC... I wonder if there
>   > are (or will be) any third party multi-touch input devices readily
>   > available for a similar effect. Multi stylus wacom tablets?
>
> The keyboard I use¹ is a multitouch surface, and it has an open API/SDK
> for getting access to the unprocessed movement data² and converting it
> into gestures that do whatever you like.  It's not a screen, though.
>
> - Chris.
>
> ¹: http://www.fingerworks.com/ST_product.html,
>   http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1039254,00.asp
> ²: http://www.fingerworks.com/downloads.html
> --
> Chris Ball   <cjb at laptop.org>
>

Wow, I had not seen these before. Very nice! Pity about the $329 price
- I'll have to wait until 2010 :)

Morgan