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May 16, 2008

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Lux allows full-screen multitouch OS X; no Minority Report jokes

Posted May. 16, ’08, 3:31 PM PT by Dan Pourhadi
Category | Geekery

minority-report1.jpgWe’ve seen the videos demoing all the advances in multitouch, gesture-based manipulation technology that is slowly bringing the finger-lickin’ fun to personal computers.

Now, a crazzzyyy genius by the name of Christian Moore created an open-source framework called Lux for using a full-screen multitouch display to control OS X — or, he claims, any PC operating system. It allows for advanced UI design and manipulation throughout an OS and even web browsers.

Check the Gizmodo post for a video demo and images, and an interview with Moore with some interesting info, including this nifty nugget:

JD: So anyone can grab the framework and make native multitouch apps right in Mac OS X or Windows or Linux.

CM: Yeah. We have an Xcode-developed app for photo and paint coming, as well as a tracking application. But using Flash for this demo was the fastest way for us at the moment.

I’m already developing a multitouch program using Lux: It’s a unique concept app designed to identify and locate individuals who will commit a crime in the future.

Wait, Minority Report joke. Damn.


2 Comments

James Madley said:

Sorry, that idea is already patented and in use by me.

But I already knew you'd try if I never posted this, so I'm coming to get you.

May 17, 2008 5:37 AM
nuiman said:

haha thanks for the article :)

May 18, 2008 3:50 PM

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