Verticalizing (yes, i might be making the word up, hehe) touch interfaces is an avenue Owen and I are starting to explore… There are a few considerations that make for interesting conversations and new approaches– for example, software that harnesses tangible objects would need a flat surface like a table (ahem, gravity), unless they were able to stay up some other way… which would lead to interesting solutions like maganets maybe?

Secondly, unless you build a very large vertical touch surface, multiple people collaborating may get messy– and once its large enough, is it still easily playable and accessible?

These are just a few considerations, however, i think it can be done, and in fact, Owen and I are looking into different possibilities of doing a touch wall…etc. Jeff Han and others (I think i remember one in Helsinki) have done some great work with touch walls, but I haven’t seen much work done in terms of using it in a musical context– would be interesting to explore.

Until then, perhaps it would benefit the audience if we split the video signal and projected a mirror image of our touch surface to strengthen the connection between Performer(s)/Brick Table + the audience.

Thanks for the encouraging feedback guys!

even if you chose not to follow that suggestion, this is great. i want one as well. if they could make them for a 100 bucks or something that would rule :)