June, 2007

GestureTek played a key role in bringing ‘Serendipity’, the world’s largest multi-touch surface computing table, to market at the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia.  The Eureka Tower is billed as Australia’s tallest building. 

Serendipity features a 6 meter long, touch-sensitive table that reveals sixty different short stories that explore mythological, historical, cultural and contemporary elements of Melbourne.  The moving stream of stories materializes along sections of the table, which, once touched, coalesce to form an information window that contains text, images, film and animation. 

Serendipity utilizes the latest cutting edge software for interactive 3D graphics, along with GestureTek’s unique camera-based gesture recognition system to make the entire table top touch sensitive.  The 3D graphics are projected onto the table using two 1080p High Definition projectors to provide a large, seamless, continuous image. GestureTek’s multi-touch functionality allows several users to simultaneously access information about their key areas of interest, simply by touching a variety of icons on the table’s huge display area.

The Serendipity content is fully customizable, making the installation ideal for clients who wish to incorporate their own content for specific functions or corporate events.

Concept and Design:
Jonathan Duckworth
ZedBuffer – Digital Art, Interaction Design
Melbourne, Australia
www.zedbuffer.com

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