What technology is used to build multitouch applications?

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Published on 2010-05-19T18:36:43Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 18:40 UTC
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Can anyone provide any details, code snippets, examples, etc. of how to go about building something as cool as this "Rock Wall" that Obscura Digital built?

http://www.obscuradigital.com/work/detail/rock-wall/

Let's just pretend we have access to whatever technology is required. Where do I start?

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