Multitouch surface projections engage visitors in a different way to other media. One of the obvious benefits is their sheer delight visitors get from interacting with large scale animations. Making installations as 'interfaceless' as possible adds to this sense of delight and encourages exploration.
Most of our examples are table-based interactives, but the same techniques, and the same sense of a shared experience, can be extended to floors, walls and other surfaces.
National Museum of Australia, Jul 10
One Road is a large scale installation of multitouch screens that forms the signature piece of Yiwarra Kuju, an exhibition about the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia.
Australian Museum, Jun 08
Dangerous Australians is a 6m long interactive projection that features some of Australia’s most dangerous animals. Created using custom software running on Mac OS X and featuring 3D CGI creatures, the table’s inhabitants respond to prying visitors in a scarily life-like way.
Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, Nov 09
Three Wurundjeri, Bangerang and Gunditjmara Creation Stories are displayed on this circular touchtable.
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Oct 09
Visitors navigate a network of relationships to uncover the development of moving image technologies such as the Zoetrope, the film projector, and the Sony Playstation.
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Oct 09
On a circular touchtable visitors can select short clips of Australian films and see the locations where they were shot.
Australian Museum, Jun 09
In this four-player game visitors have the planet’s future in their hands. Choose a country and make policy decisions that keep voters happy, the economy running, and that reduce your country’s greenhouse gas output.
SciTech, Perth / Australian Museum, Sydney, Jun 09
Sea Level Rise allows visitors to melt the ice caps and see the effect on Australian cities and other locations around the world.