Wanted: "Multi-Touch" Enabled ArchiCAD

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Its the morning after and I am recovering from the hangover induced by immersing myself completely in the Reality Distortion Field surrounding yesterday's iPhone announcement.

Yes its a phone. But this new product from Apple Inc. would seem to pave the way for a new interface for ArchiCAD running on a tablet.

In the short term, I'd like to ask for ideas that would bring useful widgets to the iPhone 1.0 - things that would enhance my BIM process that could be delivered to market on June 1, 2007

In the longer term, what do you think the UI can bring to the ArchiCAD platform for the release of ArchiCAD 12 or 13 and iPhone 3.0?

[Aaron Bourgoin]

MacRumours is carrying the following story this morning:

MacScoop cites reliable sources that indicate that Apple will be deploying its mini OS X to at least two more devices using the same technologies found in the iPhone.

The first is the full screen video iPod which has been long rumored. The final iPod design is expected to feature a similar display to the iPhone (which some have noted is not true widescreen ratio) and also include 80GB and 100GB capacities. The video iPod is reportedly ready and due to ship before the iPhone's June release.

The second device is another veteran of the Mac rumor scene - a Mac tablet.

The rumor site expects the forthcoming tablet to utilize the same multi-touch technology, a more advanced version of "mini" OS X, and Wifi connectivity. The target market for the Tablet Mac is for research and education markets,

In November Smarthouse.com.au claimed Apple was working on a tablet Mac with docking station, but no further evidence of this has been available.

It certainly does seem that this mobile version of Mac OS X has a future beyond the iPhone. Early Appleinsider rumors of Apple's mini OS X project described it as the centerpiece for future Apple embedded devices, including a "jaw-dropping" device not due to hit the market until 2008.

Reader Comments, enlightened and not so bright, can be followed athttp://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=271127.

[Aaron Bourgoin]

More Offerings of Multi-Touch Technology

http://youtube.com/watch?v=89sz8ExZndc

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Another offering of Multi-Touch Technology


http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1992309,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=20

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Yet Another Offering:

Jef Han at the TED Conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcKqyn-gUbY

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Microsoft Introduced it Today at the All Things Digital Conference:

For links see:

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-launches-multitouch-surface-computing/

[TomWaltz]

Aaron wrote:
Microsoft Introduced it Today at the All Things Digital Conference:

For links see:

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-launches-multitouch-surface-computing/

At $5000 a pop, I'll keep my mouse!

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Another site covering the anouncement points to a Microsoft infomercial.

My God, the applications MS have come up with for this technology are really banal. Take a great idea and spill a big frothy drink all over it and then understand this as a life changing experience.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/9/5/a9579d84-bb59-4fab-bf4c-53008a8a9b6e/MicrosoftSurfacing...

[Rob]

ooooh, it sounds very tempting... just have a screen size of drafting board with resolution 10000x10000 or so and a pencil like thingy to draw at the papersize scale directly, no panning and zooming and getting lost on plan.

[Aussie John]

Rob wrote:
ooooh, it sounds very tempting... just have a screen size of drafting board with resolution 10000x10000 or so and a pencil like thingy to draw at the papersize scale directly, no panning and zooming and getting lost on plan.

My back is still sore from the 1980's from working on a drawing board!!!

But a super resolution screen would be good. I can print A1 drawings @ A3 and see them quite well and untill screens can do that I wont be satisfied.

Maybe a little projector in the lid of my laptop to send the image to a wall (or into a plane in space would be ideal)