On Dec 1, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 30/11/10 11:39, Ulrich von Zadow wrote: >> I just wanted to re-post this link to some games that are already >> designed for multitouch >> use: https://www.libavg.de/wiki/index.php/Sample_Multitouch_Applications. >> Maybe one or more make sense as demos? We can put some effort here >> into making this happen :-). > > That would rock!
Sorry for taking so long to reply to what is obviously a great opportunity - it took a bit to get things sorted on our side. I now have commitments from the people responsible for five of the six games to update the code so it works with curent Ubuntu, and they're all very excited ;-). The games have been written with a fixed resolution in mind, one of them has non-redistributable media, etc., and we'll fix these things. I also have a load of questions - maybe we can get some support for the stuff below. Also, I have no idea how Ubuntu development is organized, so please tell me what steps we need to take to get this to work :-). 1) Timeframe: When do things have to be finished? The current plan is to get everything to run on our side in January, with packaging left after that. Any ideas for a more concrete plan? 2) libavg changes: - I'll be working to get libavg, the library these games are based on, to run with whatever multitouch API will be available in 11.04. We have a working driver for libmtdev - will that suffice? Other options seem to be the kernel slot API and XInput. What's the state of XInput multitouch? - The current libavg Ubuntu package is orphaned. I'll make a release in January - can someone assist us in getting the Ubuntu package updated? I don't think this is a lot of work, but no one here has any experience in that area. 3) Tests: We'll have some multitouch hardware here, but not enough to really make sure nothing breaks. Is there a way to get things tested on a diverse set of hardware? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. Ulrich von Zadow | +49-172-7872715 Jabber: [email protected] Skype: uzadow _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
