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unwiredview.com - 9/4/2008

Apple is looking beyond Multi-Touch

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When it was first introduced in January 2007, iPhone’s Multi-Touch interface was a real breakthrough in operation of small portable devices. Now, if the ideas sketched out in a new Apple patent application “ Multitouch data fusion ” are implemented, we may soon see another qualitative leap in ...

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appleinsider.com - 8/28/2008

Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs

— appleinsider.com — Sam Oliver Published: 10:10 AM EST In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider , iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run ... (more) Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for ...

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youtube.com - 9/9/2008

Illusion Labs creates world's first iPhone multi-touch game (video)

— youtube.com — In a world first, Illusion Labs has created a multi-touch skate game for the iPhone: Touchgrind. The game is unique in that finger gestures are used for cont... (more) Illusion Labs creates world's first iPhone multi-touch ...

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iphonebuzz.com - 9/10/2008

Apple files patent for multi-touch plus

— iphonebuzz.com — So far, the multi-touch interface on the iPhone has kind of just been a novelty. Sure, it changes the way we use the phone, but it hasn't completely overhauled the way we think about interacting with technology. However, Apple has now filed a patent ... (more) Apple files patent for multi-touch plus

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Apple Multi-Touch Data Fusion Adds Camera, Voice, Force Sensors [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... actual touch technology to identify single fingers on the surface, with the possibility of assigning specific functions to them. The system even contemplates combining all this with accelerometers and force sensors, so the touch action can generate secondary data. One example of this may be applying a deformation effect to an image or a sound effect to a music track, giving it more or less strength depending on the force you use in your action. [USPTO via Unwired View] ...

Apple looks to take Multi-Touch™ to next level
MacDailyNews — ... force sensors and Multi-Touch™ • Fusing Multi-Touch™ with visual input from device camera • Combining gaze vector data with Multi-Touch™ gestures Unwired View reports, "These are just a few of the possibilities described in patent app. Some of them, like facial expression/MT combination may be pretty far off. But many others, like voice input/MT, motion sensors/Multi-Touch, visual data/MT fusion are technically feasible already." Much more, including patent app illustrations, here . [Attribution: Gizmodo. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "RadDoc" for the heads up.] ...