CUBIT

Cubit, often stylized CUBIT, is a computer user interface system for multi-touch devices, designed by Stefan Hechenberger and Addie Wagenknecht for Nortd Labs. It was developed to "demystify multitouch" technology by using an open-source model for software and hardware. It is a direct competitor of Microsoft Surface.{{cite news |last=Greene |first=Kate |date=2008-05-01 |title=Open-Source, Multitouch Display |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/410065/open-source-multitouch-display/ |magazine=MIT Technology Review |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |access-date=7 February 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11288385 |work=The Economist |title=Home invention |date=2008-05-01}}{{cite book|last=Saffer|first=Dan|title=Designing Gestural Interfaces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTsZ5cg7gegC&pg=PA128|access-date=27 February 2013|date=2008-11-20|publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc.|isbn=9780596554224|pages=128–}}

Purchasing

As of 2 May 2008, Nortd Labs is accepting orders for developer kits named the TouchKit. Kit buyers and users must supply their own projector and camera at a cost estimated at between $1,080 and $1,580 USD.{{cite web

|title= Nortd Labs

|url= http://labs.nortd.com/cubit/

|access-date= 2017-02-07

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155811/http://labs.nortd.com/cubit/

|archive-date= 2017-02-11

|url-status= dead

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As of July 2008, the CUBIT system is for sale, by commission only, and both are rumored to have a two to three-month waiting list.

{{cite web

|last= O'brien

|first= Will

|title= IR multitouch screen

|date= 2008-07-08

|url= http://www.hackaday.com/2008/07/08/touchkit-ir-multitouch-screen/

|access-date= 2008-07-14}}

References

External links

{{Official website|labs.nortd.com/cubit/}}, Nortd Labs
{{Official website|nortd.com}}, Nortd production studio

Category:Free system software

Category:Multi-touch