MT4j - A Cross-platform Multi-touch Development Framework

TL;DR

MT4j is an open-source, cross-platform framework designed to simplify and accelerate the development of multi-touch applications across various hardware and operating systems.

Contribution

The paper introduces MT4j, a novel framework that addresses cross-platform multi-touch development challenges with a focus on ease of use and efficiency.

Findings

Supports a wide range of hardware and OS platforms

Enables rapid development of graphically rich multi-touch applications

Provides reusable architecture and abstractions for common use cases

Abstract

This article describes requirements and challenges of crossplatform multi-touch software engineering, and presents the open source framework Multi-Touch for Java (MT4j) as a solution. MT4j is designed for rapid development of graphically rich applications on a variety of contemporary hardware, from common PCs and notebooks to large-scale ambient displays, as well as different operating systems. The framework has a special focus on making multi-touch software development easier and more efficient. Architecture and abstractions used by MT4j are described, and implementations of several common use cases are presented.