Comment by sxp62000

For my thesis project back in 2011, I wanted to create an interactive installation, the kind you see at museums. Since multitouch tables were insanely expensive to buy or rent, I decided to build one myself. Learned the basics of woodworking over a semester, and built a table after two failed attempts. Then I bought an LCD TV, took it apart, connected it to a playstation camera with a modified infrared lens and developed an Adobe Air application. The thing was so unresponsive to touches, I decided to ditch the whole multitouch table idea. Started from scratch again ... learned objective-c (iOS 5 or was it 6), and created an iPad app for my thesis. Don't think I've ever worked so hard in my life.