JoseVigil

Hi pero,

We infact we implemented Padkite to be controlled with a single finger but we left it aside cause multitouch gave more power. The problem was that the selection gestures where not that good with single finger cause you need to coordinate. What did work very well was the navigation experience and basic stuff.

Do you think we should include an optional single finger model on the settings?. It works like this: Drag, lift finger to select below and do a gesture with same finger. All in one hand.

What do you think?. Let me know man, I am intrigued.

Hi TREYisRAD,

Apologize for that. Please let me know your email and I will come to you with the proper build.

Mine is jose.vigil ad roamtouch dot com.

Thanks.

Hi Darren,

Superb feedback man, great info and very valuable. Taking lot from it.

You know, our most difficult challenge today apart from overcoming the technical issues of compiling in all versions and fixing all bugs, its the learning curve.

The user needs to get to the basic operations at glance and I agree with you that we should show that at front. Paradoxically we thought the video was the best, however an image can also speak million words. I consider your feedback.

Please forward me any more idea you might have.

Cheers.

Hi pedalpete,

BTW, the video is a spot and not meant to be accurate but highly communicative.

We did that to make it wide opened to all sizes. We thought that the user was the one who should decide, therefore the opened distance. After using the mouse a couple of times, the user should adjust the finger to the best distance according to his/her size. Now a very big finger fit and a small one too. In the future you will be able to shrink the circle or enlarge it and tune it best.

On the other hand there is a visible area factor that made us leave that amount of size avalable to see. For example, when you are selecting content, you need to know what is below, the same when you are just viewing the different elements below the cursor.

A cursor in a point extension of your finger is a good solution but cannot work alone, its not enought to create a real solution. You need to execute, select, mark, etc. We could have stopped there like for example this project did http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkoFlDArYks. They found the offset but stopped there and didn't follow that great discovery, they kept on searching. We, on the other hand focused on that point, the the two regions that now are the mouse buttons allowed us to work on selection.

Hope I answered your question.

Cheers.

Oh that is nice. You know I thought the name cuase its playful and in a way you are controlling something that is flying. But the most important thing is that when you dont use it you leave it aside flying like a kite while you continue working.

When you leave it aside you can do stuff as you already know, click, pan zoom. But when you bring it in you fly.

BTW, the kite concept will be enhanced when you control it remotely in the near future.

Hi Tekahera, how would you explain that to your grandma?. We decided to go colloquial and massive. Its a bet but certainly has arguments to say its a multitouch mouse.

Cool comment, appreciate much.

Its great to see the article on the future touch interface maerek.

As leader of RoamTouch and creator of its vision I can tell that we did not decide to simulate a mouse at all. We saw the picture of the future (five coming years) in 2006, the household and we are not improvising. Today PadKite is a mouse and playful kite, its also the hook for a new type of integration that aims to run on top of other applications and video, grow not only on the tablet and smart phone but also to grow to be remote controlled in a living room scenario (coming decade arena). PadKite is the proxy or bridge between today and the future.

In my opinion the future of computer is tactile. It is the most effective way to interact with a computer with the less energy consumption. The future is not in voice and body movement recognition technology. I do not imagine a working day (6-8 hs non stop) jumping or speaking, even moving arms to do 3D stuff. Its all about energy consumption and the most effective way to use our brains are with out hands, and millions of years have passed for that to be in such way.

PadKite and the GestureKit are an approach to start thinking about the big picture to come. It will be fun!.

Hi guys,

I am Jose Vigil, CEO at RoamTouch and we are introducing PadKite, the first multitouch mouse running on top of a web browser. Currently the application is in beta and can be downloaded from http://padkite.com/download.

We are very interested in hearing your opinion guys. Ideally it would be amazing that you can subscribe to our beta program or else any comment on the below questions is also welcome.

You like the new mouse?. You like the gestures?. Would you like to run it on top of another application or OS?.

We are building the future, you can be part of it. I would really like to exchange ideas with you.

Kind regards,

-- Jose Vigil RoamTouch® CEO +1 (415) 655-1720 @JoseVigil Skype. jose.vigil

Hi guys,

I apologize. It was my mistake I was using the wrong mail.

Thanks,

Jose Vigil RoamTouch CEO