Video: Schematic shows multi-touch wall. Runs on Flash. Built with Flex.
Microsoft has (rightfully) gotten a lot of attention with their Surface multi-touch table. Schematic has now raised the bar. In Cannes at the Cannes Lions festival, they were showing a 3.5m (12ft) x 1.5m (5ft) multi-touch/multi-user intelligent wall which puts the Surface to shame.
The massive display gives attendees instant access to the complete festival program, 3D maps of the event and surrounding area, and information on local restaurants and bars. The Touchwall also helps delegates schedule meetings with each other and trade contact information via email. The presentation layer is built with the Flex 4 framework and runs on Flash Player 10.
I interviewed John Barton, Senior Solutions Architect at Schematic and asked him about the wall’s features, how it was built and where they are taking this next.
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could get something like this at MAX?
Ready for June! SOTR, FlashCamp Warsaw, UG Dublin, Tel Aviv, Cannes Lions, FATL
From a travel perspective, June is going to be a little bit nuts… Just a little bit ;-) But with so many really cool events, June is also going to be lots of fun! I hope to see you at one of these events!
Scotch On The Road – June 1st > 5th – London, Manchester, Edinburgh, UK
ColdFusion is alive and kicking and if you think otherwise, I would advise you to come to SOTR! In my session I’m going to build a fully working app starting from an Illustrator file with Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion! There are still some tickets left, so I hope to see you there!
Flash Camp Warsaw – June 9th – Warsaw, Poland
Flash Camps are probably the best way to keep up to date with the Flash Platform. I remember having a great time in Warsaw last year on the On Air Train Tour so I’m really looking forward going back to Poland.
Adobe User Group Dublin – June 11th – Dublin, Ireland
I love visiting user groups and it’s going to be my first time in Dublin. I’ll be talking about Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder 4 and even a little bit of ColdFusion 9.
Adobe Event – June 15th – Tel Aviv, Israel
I think this is the first Adobe event in Israel. I’ll be talking about Flash Player, AIR, Flash for mobile, Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder.
Cannes Lions – June 21th > 25th – Cannes, France
Steve Ballmer, Kofi Annan, Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe, Google’s Eric Schmidt and me… That’s an impressive speaker list ;-) I’m actually doing an inspirational workshop together with Paul Burnett. Both of us will also be around to help out at the Young Lions competition.
Flash At The Lake – June 26th > 27th – Zurich, Switzerland
The speaker list for this very first edition of Flash At The Lake is very impressive. Tickets are still available!
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