The NUIT40 is off to the fabricators

Below you'll find a sample of the drawings recently shipped off to the fabricators (MP Products LLC).  The project has moved from 6-sided enclosure to a 5-sided enclosure.  Why, you might ask?  Well, simply this;
A 5-sided enclosure like the one we're developing can accommodate a lot of different hardware.  Have your own LCD/LED TV? Awesome, if it fits our interior dimensions, this hood will fit it.  Want to build a DSI, DI, FTIR setup but want something pre-configured?  Well, the NUIT40 can do that too.  The interior is designed to accommodate pre-built or kit-built DSI/FTIR materials.

The real power here is going to be in the hoods ability to be whatever you need it to be for your project, from finished piece to DIY starter.

NUIT40 - The sides will not be transparent in the actual build.

There are two types of support bars; simple straight supports and  "H" bars.  Initially the "H" bar will sport a 300x300mm VESA mount, but alternate "H" configurations will be available shortly after launch.

Oh, and did I mention feet?  This a quick preview of a conceptualization of attaching feet.  We're still working on the final feet designs.  As always, input is welcome!

NUIT40 at Desk Height

NUIT40 as a Kiosk, Drafting Table, or Artist Easel? -- why sure!

I hope you enjoyed the preview.  I should have some pictures of the pre-release prototype available from our friends at MP Products, if all goes as planned, in the coming weeks.  And one more image...

Below you'll find some of the last-round designs for our multi-touch screen enclosures. We should have designs finalized by the end of next week! While later than I'd hoped this has afforded us the opportunity to experiment with several touch frame technologies. The final verdict is to use the X3 Series frames from ZaagTech. It was a hard choice between the ZaagTech product and the PQLabs product, but in the end the consistency of the ZaagTech products performance won out.

I'm working on a product comparison in my spare time right now. As soon as that is complete I'll post it to this blog and to the NUI Group forums.

Preview of the multitouch television enclosure.

The surface of the screen is water resistant.

The design accounts for adequate ventilation and space for cabling

We sell things!

Two major advancements in the category of selling multi-touch kit.  One, the Locus is now fully on-line with Geek Chic.  The full listing is available here.  I'm very excited about where this is going.  I should mention that the images on the site are of housings designed for the vision based systems which this blog has been highlighting, however, the base products are using the IR frame technologies which I've grown to love.

That being said, the second bit of news is that I've opened up my own Web store.  Some of you may already know that I started a company based around multi-touch and that I've had plans for a Web store for a bit.  Well, she's finally live (here)!

The store is fairly one dimensional at the moment.  The only product offering I've listed is for the multi-touch frames from ZaagTech which I'm using for my projects and for Locus construction.  I have plans to expand the store to include various cameras, lenses, mirrors, and other supplies for the DIY vision and frame based multi-touch-ers out there.  Additionally, we are working on a super secret project which should allow for those less mechanically inclined to enter the world of multi-touch.  And, because I'm no good at secrets, the super secret is a fully self contained multi-touch display line ranging from 40-inch 1080p 16:9 screens to 65-inch 1080p 16:9 screens.

I'm very excited about the direction all of this work is taking.

For those of you who read this, thanks for sticking around!

Breaking Radio Silence

Hello again,

September and October have been very insightful for me.  I had been hoping to post an announcement regarding the immediate sale of our completed multitouch standalone table products in addition to the Geek Chic integrated solutions, oh, lets say, at the end of September.

The reality is that this stuff takes time.  I've been working with a group of Solidworks (CAD) folk who have been burning the midnight oil to produce enclosures for our table products.  This is extremely exciting but taking a little longer than I'd anticipated.

The good news is that we're looking at Nov. ETA's for our CAD designs, and then we can work with local fabricators to get ETA's for the prototype enclosures.  Then, we'll be in a position to post new work related to these touch frame based units.  I'm very excited to produce these and look forward to seeing where we can take this technology.

In the meant time! We've got a show this week where MindGene is presenting their game table software, d20Pro, on our tables at the convention.  They'll be running events from the touch screen as well!  Very exciting.  (d20Pro press release)

I'll be back soon. And I hope to have lovely photos and videos to share of the new enclosures!

Some videos from PAX West 2011

PAX West 2011 -- Mission Accomplished.

After the poor showing we provided at GenCon this year, we moved to a surface level touch system (IR MT Frame) for PAX.  The results were stunning.  Let me explain:

This was the view from standing behind the table

This was early in the day to boot.  The sun traced a path over the table the entire time we were demo'ing at the convention.  We had absolutely zero incidents of false touches or in ability to touch the screen -- amazing!

This was shot at the Geek Chic HQ in WA.  We dragged the table over to the bay to test in direct/indirect sunlight.

And here she is at the booth at PAX West 2011.  This is show with no flash.

An "action" shot!

The new tech allows for using virtually anything as a touch device, including spears apparently!

Most common question?  "Where's the projectors?" Answer: "We don't need no stinking projectors!"

Another fully body shot.  The canopy was added for use with the vision based system.  We liked it so much we included it this build as well.

One Red-Eye later, sleep is imminent. 

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