Comments on: Make it Multitouch Workshop at Museums and the Web Conference http://www.ideum.com/blog/2010/02/make-it-multitouch-workshop-at-museums-and-the-web-conference/ Multitouch Exhibit Design and Interactive Media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Cath Styles http://www.ideum.com/blog/2010/02/make-it-multitouch-workshop-at-museums-and-the-web-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Cath Styles Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:06:07 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/?p=2114#comment-1233 Thanks Jim. I have only just cottoned on to the idea that multi-touch can mean that the device is sensitive to both: multiple kinds of touch – two-finger sliding, pressure etc AND simultaneous touches from multiple users. Maybe it should be called multimultitouch. Agree that it has lots of potential and that its fabulousness will depend on clever content design. Thanks Jim. I have only just cottoned on to the idea that multi-touch can mean that the device is sensitive to both:

multiple kinds of touch – two-finger sliding, pressure etc AND
simultaneous touches from multiple users.

Maybe it should be called multimultitouch.

Agree that it has lots of potential and that its fabulousness will depend on clever content design.

]]> By: Jim Spadaccini http://www.ideum.com/blog/2010/02/make-it-multitouch-workshop-at-museums-and-the-web-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Jim Spadaccini Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:46:20 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/?p=2114#comment-1196 Cath, The relationship between the two is in most cases dependent on the form factor. Kiosk-like systems like the HP TouchSmart or even the 3M screen have multitouch (the HP is really dual touch), but because of the size and orientation of the screen, they can't really be used by more than one visitor. With a large multitouch table, multiple visitors will join in, even if the program is designed for individual use. The size and the fact that you can access the exhibit from any side makes it simply too inviting. We've observed these situations where other visitors feel compelled to join in. Designing these types of multiuser (single screen) applications is a real challenge. There is an inherent tension between collaboration and cooperation among visitors with these types of applications. Of course, the rewards if an exhibit is successful in finding this balance is great. A computer-based exhibit where visitors can have a shared, social experience is the result. This is the opposite of most kiosk-based exhibits, which are by nature isolating experiences. Jim Cath,
The relationship between the two is in most cases dependent on the form factor. Kiosk-like systems like the HP TouchSmart or even the 3M screen have multitouch (the HP is really dual touch), but because of the size and orientation of the screen, they can’t really be used by more than one visitor. With a large multitouch table, multiple visitors will join in, even if the program is designed for individual use. The size and the fact that you can access the exhibit from any side makes it simply too inviting. We’ve observed these situations where other visitors feel compelled to join in.

Designing these types of multiuser (single screen) applications is a real challenge. There is an inherent tension between collaboration and cooperation among visitors with these types of applications. Of course, the rewards if an exhibit is successful in finding this balance is great. A computer-based exhibit where visitors can have a shared, social experience is the result. This is the opposite of most kiosk-based exhibits, which are by nature isolating experiences.

Jim

]]> By: Cath Styles http://www.ideum.com/blog/2010/02/make-it-multitouch-workshop-at-museums-and-the-web-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Cath Styles Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:19:01 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/?p=2114#comment-1180 Hi Jim, Sounds good. For those of us who won't be at the conference, can you say a bit more about the relationship between multitouch and multiuser exhibits? Has their emergence simply coincided or do you see an intrinsic relation between the two? Cath Hi Jim,
Sounds good. For those of us who won’t be at the conference, can you say a bit more about the relationship between multitouch and multiuser exhibits? Has their emergence simply coincided or do you see an intrinsic relation between the two?
Cath

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