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Multi-Pointer X Going Mainline
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| Multi-Pointer X was developed by Peter Hutterer at the University of South
| Australia as part of his PhD project, with development work starting in 2005.
| Unlike some other implementations, Multi-Pointer X allows many existing
| applications to continue to function without any fundamental changes.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=mpx_master&num=1
For Windows, this appears to be only a vapourware 'feature', never to be seen
any time soon in the boxed product (which is a mess). OS X doesn't even have
it announced in this vapourware fashion.
Related:
X.Org 7.4 To Get Multi-Pointer X Support
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| X.Org 7.3 will be released later this month, and now Daniel Stone has updated
| the X.Org Wiki with a page for the X.Org 7.4 release. With the six month
| release cycle, X.Org 7.4 is planned for release in February of 2008. Some of
| the features so far on their planning page includes Multi-Pointer X which
| provides multiple cursor support...
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NTk4OA
Linux MPX Multi-touch Table May Become Alternative Microsoft Surface
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| It may not be as fancy-schmancy as Microsoft Surface or Jeff Han's demos but
| this video of a Linux-based MPX multi-touch table shows that things are
| moving full speed ahead in the land of the free penguins.
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/touch-me/linux-mpx-multi+touch-table-may-become-free-diy-microsoft-surface-one-day-278613.php
Multi-touch support for MPX [in Linux]
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| MPX already supported multiple input devices. Which blows pretty much all
| assumptions in user interfaces (input) out of the water. Now I've gone one
| step further and added support for multi-touch displays. Have a look at this
| video...
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http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/?q=node/86
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