Turn Any Surface Into A Touchscreen with Ubi Interactive and Kinect App

Turning a wall into a touch-screen interface has many uses. With several companies developing this type of technology, Microsoft has announced that after private beta evaluation of Ubi software with more than 50 organizations, is now accepting orders at their website.

“We want human collaboration and information to be just one finger touch away, no matter where you are. By making it possible to turn any surface into a touch screen, we eliminate the need for screen hardware and thereby reduce the cost and extend the possibilities of enabling interactive displays in places where they were not previously feasible — such as on walls in public spaces”, said Anup Chathoth, Ubi co-founder and CEO.

The video below explains the software and a projector which beams an image onto a pane of glass. A Kinect sensor on the other side is used to track the movements of the user and detects movements users make on the projected image. Interactions are the same as tablet or smartphone, including launching icons by tapping on them and expanding areas with pinch-to-zoom.

To get the system to work, users need a computer running the Ubi software, a projector, and the Kinect for Windows sensor. The Ubi software comes in four different packages ranging from Basic, which costs $149, to Enterprise, which costs $1499. The Kinect for Windows sensor costs $250.

Pre-order here.

Source: Cnet