BendDesk is a curved multitouch workspace, and we’re in love

By on Nov 27, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Hardware November 27, 2010

The BendDesk is a new multitouch workspace created by the talented minds at The Media Computing Group, and it’s absolutely incredible-looking. It’s a fully curved display that looks to form a 90 degree bend and makes use of two projectors, 3 cameras, and loads of IR lights to view and track up to 10 touch points. The software they have come up with is also equally impressive — you can flick photos for instance from the top or bottom part of the display, or hold them in a locker in the middle where the curve is. Unfortunately this isn’t something you’re able to buy anytime due to the fact a ship date nor price were revealed, but we’ll keep waiting. In the meantime, check out their demo video after the break.

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  • Bringit

    hi.

    • Bobdadude0

      hello

    • Mrdudeguy

      Yo

  • StevenGlansburg

    Didn’t apple get awarded the patent on multi-touch?
    I hope they sue these thieves something fierce!

    • http://twitter.com/Jamezelle James Lichtenstiger

      why is everyone always in the suing mood, how can we innovate if everyone has to watch out for someone burning their ass… thieves?….NO!

      • sirpaul

        If an idea is innovative then it hasn’t been done before, therefore you won’t get sued. Apple has patents for PARTICULAR methods of detecting multitouch. Obviously they do not have a patent on the method these guys used.

        If people didn’t sue, companies wouldn’t be putting $$ into R&D, but rather waiting for other companies to do the work for them then use their ideas.

        The way we have it now, companies are forced to come up with innovative ideas to do certain things. This of course ultimately leads to better products.

        Yay for suing!

    • Anonymous

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch%5DMulti Touch has been around since 1982, pre-dating Apple’s founding. If they have a patent on multi-touch, it’s not a valid patent as simply showing prior art – like the first demonstrations in 1982 – would get those patents tossed.They may have patents on specific gestures, but that’s not multi-touch.

  • sirpaul

    Very cool, though as with most touch screen devices like this I don’t see the practicality of having one in the home. Can you see anyone actually having one of these in their house? The implementation of the tech is really cool though!

  • MicroNix

    Cool demo. Hopefully it is not like the awesome Microsoft tabletop demos that never see the light of day…

  • offdayJB

    This is the future! Once these ideas show the mainstream that they CAN be affordable, they’ll be all over the homes. The possibilities are always limitless!!

  • bmovie

    Interesting, but I watched the movie “Minority Report” a few nights ago, and what originally looked cool now looks so “dorky”! I think going beyond doing stuff on an iPad is way too much effort. You can sort pictures and play games, lying in bed or on a beach. What’s with breaking a sweat, waving your hands and fingers all over the place!

  • Anonymous

    So how much time does the average person spend sorting and flicking pictures around? It seems to be the whole reason for existence for these big multitouch displays…

  • bview

    Well this is simply a tech demo. Obviously the intent in the future will be much more than just flicking photos around and playing simple games. One bad example is having a virtual keyboard on the bottom with a screen that wraps upward over it…Also in the future could curve it from left to right around a person so they could work in a 180 degree or more environment

    • sirpaul

      I’m claustrophobic so wouldn’t like that.

    • http://www.smallfish-bigpond.com/ Kerensky97

      Everybody always says this but honestly besides flicking photos around why does anybody need a giant touchscreen?

      Great inventions are great because they fill a niche that is currently lacking. Giant touchscreen interfaces don’t fill anything, they’re simply not needed and other tools do a better job. Taking something that is already over looked like MS surface, and bending it 90 degrees in the middle still doesn’t fill any niche.

  • BobbyDigital

    Which android OS is this running?

    • Norm

      I would venture to guess 2.1

  • Jean Michel 78

    genial

  • Skridl34

    Looks like a bunch of outdated junk someone glued together in 15 minutes.

    Let me guess, the new owners of BGR are somehow associated with The Media Computing Group?

  • http://on.fb.me/seoadvice Vadim T

    Lots of uses for similar technology, although all i was thinking about was “That is going to give somebody some serious carpal tunnel”

  • http://twitter.com/FondelMaJunk Sofonda Cox

    How Gay Boy Genius report.

  • Cooleye

    Er… Why would I want this?

  • Terry Banks

    This is a just a start for a technology that could be very revolutionary. All the haters sounds like the brass at IBM when Bill Gates told them all he was interested in was the Operating System, not the hardware. They laughed at him and said “no problem.”

    I can see this having a lot of impact in the medical community, especially radiology where “swapping pictures” is a major issue and has been a issue of debate with many vendors and radiologists. Think BEYOND what a home user would want it for and think of practical applications.

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