Microsoft Research OmniTouch looks really promising

[javajolt]

I saw this and had to share this with you guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz17lbjOFn8&feature=player_embedded

This may be the future and it is absolutely insane!

Microsoft Research is showing new technology that turns any surface into a touch screen.

Dubbed OmniTouch, it is a wearable system that allows multitouch input on “arbitrary, everyday surfaces,” according to a description on a Microsoft Research Web page.

The technology combines a laser-based pico projector and depth-sensing camera.

It looks a lot like the Kinect’s technology albeit at a much shorter range.

Presumably the final version would be a lot smaller and more compact.

Check out the video below..once agin, it’s nuts!