Multitouch Remote using iPad

The main reason why I bought an iPad is to use it as a multitouch device. My company proposed an interactive installation using multitouch screen for SoBe couple month ago. I had to start making a prototype without a multitouch device because we planned to buy one after the client confirming. It was hard to make a prototype without multitouch screen because multitouch gesture is totally different user experience compared to general interface like a keyboard and a mouse.

iPhone could be a option but it has limitation because of smaller screen size so that it’s hard to control multiple points with detail. In this reason, iPad has ideal screen size and shows great performance.

Memo, an amazing code artist, already made a multitouch remote as iPhone app but there is no iPad version. I also wanted to make my own version so that I can optimize and can control functions as I want. I had a chance to figure out and made a simple prototype finally. It was lucky to make it without any big issue. Here is a video I took today. C++/openframeworks was used. Next step might be making my own multitouch gesture API for c++ and Flash.