Building a Multi-Touch Screen with JavaFX

Multitouch screens represent a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content, moving away from the traditional external mouse for screen interaction. Unlike standard touch-sensitive screens, a multitouch screen can detect numerous simultaneous touchpoints and even interpret the pressure being exerted at a given point.

This session looks at how it is possible to build this type of interface cheaply by use of a range of off-the-shelf components. It shows how a variety of Java™ technologies and APIs can be used to process the information from the screen and generate accurate positional data at high frequencies, sufficient to create sophisticated and entertaining user interfaces.

The last part of the session shows how these new types of user interaction events can be quickly and easily integrated into sample applications written in the JavaFX programming language. The presentation includes numerous demonstrations.

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Simon Ritter  Sun Microsystems simon.ritter@sun.com Simon Ritter is a Java Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems. Simon has been in the IT business since 1984 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Brunel University in the U.K. Originally working in the area of UNIX development for AT&T UNIX System Labs and then Novell, Simon moved to Sun in 1996. At this time he started working with Java technology and has spent time working both in Java technology development and consultancy. He now specialises in looking at emerging technologies including grid computing, Auto-ID and robotics. Simon and his performing Lego robots have appeared before audiences worldwide.