Playsurface: The affordable flat-pack touchscreen for the masses

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Founded upon open source plans for optical touch tables, the designers of the Playsurface hope to develop a versatile touchscreen table-top suitable for a variety of "blazingly fast" applications (yes, including gaming) supporting multpiple users. Though purely an input and display device, the table can be had with an integrated PC as an extra. If the project goes ahead (funding is currently sought through Kickstarter), its designers claim it would be as easy to assemble as Ikea furniture. It's not a bad comparison: the flat-packed, affordable Playsurface is a product that its makers at Templeman Automation hope will close the disconnect between the popularity and availability of table-top touchscreens... Continue Reading Playsurface: The affordable flat-pack touchscreen for the masses

Section: Personal Computing

Tags: Kickstarter, Multi-touch, NUI, Touchscreen

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