CAD Forum discussion (EN) : Magic Finger for Your Designs https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:48:09 +0000 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:32:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8514 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[Magic Finger for Your Designs : Maybe you have already heard in...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=8514&PID=21832&title=magic-finger-for-your-designs#21832 Author: BetweenTheLines
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Posted: 16.Oct.2012 at 21:32

Maybe you have already heard in the last day or two about the innovative Magic Finger research. The Magic Finger turns any surface into a touch interface. Magic Finger is a research project from Autodesk Research in collaboration with the University of Toronto. Magic Finger inverts the typical relationship between the finger and an interactive surface: with Magic Finger, we instrument the user's finger itself, rather than the surface it is touching. Magic Finger senses touch through an optical mouse sensor, enabling any surface to act as a touch screen. Magic Finger also senses texture through a micro RGB camera, allowing contextual actions to be carried out based on the particular surface being touched. A technical evaluation shows that Magic Finger can accurately sense 22 textures with an accuracy of 98.9%. We explore the interaction design space enabled by Magic Finger, and implement a number of novel interaction techniques that leverage its unique capabilities.

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