Multi-Touch Interaction Experiment Gone Mad

We all have seen Tom Cruise in that futuristic science-ficition thriller set in the not-too-distant future, “Minority Report“. Remember the scene where he goes through hundreds of video archives looking for that segment of evidence to arrest someone of a “pre-crime”?

Well, I guess maybe that’s not too science-fiction after all… The clip shown below demonstrates what’s called a “Multi-Touch Interaction” technology for touch screens. Most touch screens today can only accept one user input at a time. But this new technology recognizes and is able to interpret multiple user inputs at any given time.

Apple has reportedly applied for a patent that covers similar technology.