i have everything (almost) to do this!!!!!

i need that table thing though!!! projector, usb camera computer setup i have,,,, and the software is on the page,, as well as the amoeba drawings needed for this to work!!!!

edit: well almost!!! we need this:

The reacTable synthesizer and its visual feedback component are not available for public use, and there are no plans to publish this software at the moment!

fuck!! we will have to stick with this:

People are working on 3rd party stuff. Looks like someone will make it do what it does: http://reactivision.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=515398

Someone is working on a MIDI version.

haha, i was just there aswell.. http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1669265&forum_id=515398

If someone can build one, how much would it cost alltogether? I bet you could open a buissness with this idea. Do it before Apple does it!

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The reacTable synthesizer and its visual feedback component are not available for public use, and there are no plans to publish this software at the moment!

unless you can program your own interface gfx an provide the sound you can forget that idea.

they do provide you with the most complex part of he progam, (the pattern recog soft) so still if you did manage to develop the rest they probbly wouldn't let you sell it as a kit.

i have been studying this since cyz posted it... there are quite a few issues to deal with anyway, even if you plan o using the unfinished homebrew versions of the software.

- tabletop (check the forum)
- correct IR setting/spread
- ir hackable webcam / video capable camera
- good projector that projects sharp images in short distances

oh yeah.. we do want the software that they've made, not the crappy homebrew.. someone needs to steal it so we can do this.. ;-)

however the software they do supply can eventually be used to control pretty much anything.. . it's a really cool idea. and if you have a young and healthy mind the possibilities to make your own creations with what you've been given are endless..

i was born too early.. shit

final price:
- pc (open GL capable gfx) ~500chf
- projector (2000 ansi lum) ~1000chf
- USB camera ~50chf (up to 1500chf)
- extra iR leds ~30-40chf (plus power to make them work)
- Table (no idea, depends on combination of materials!)
- Software to do it all (priceless; for now)

and if you want to commercialize this idea I suggest you team up a bunch of creative developers to reprogram the soft from scratch ;-)

don't worry, apple would never do such a thing! unless you can check your mail with it, make videos, produce a webpage, call your buddies... ;-D

i remember playing (as in trying out) with such a reacTable at sonar in 2003. must have been before they went public with it and tested it on an exhibition. makes actaully sense since they are based in barcelona...