Ubi Uses Microsoft Kinect to Turn Any Surface Into a Multi-Touch Screen

From DailyTech: Ubi Interactive -- not to be confused with French game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment SA (EPA:UBI) -- has risen fast to prominence. From an incubator project sponsored by the Technical University of Munich and the Center for Digital Technology and Management in Munich, Germany to a thriving Seattle area startup, the company has taken its bold vision of turning any surface into a touch device and has run with it.

Now it's finally gone from tech demo to the market, releasing its first software offerings.

The software in its cheaper forms is simple one-point touch, while in the more expensive forms supports multitouch. To use it you must purchase a Kinect sensor from Ubi's partner Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and have a digital projector. The Ubi software works with the Kinect for Windows sensor and the projector to "see" the user interacting with the projecting display.

This allows you to interact with your computer during presentations and demonstrations. It's sort of like a poor man's Minority Report touch-driven controls system.

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