HOWTO: Run Flash Demos on OSX Leopard

From NUI Group

This article will show you how to run a Flash demo on the mac. This tutorial uses either BBTouch, which is currently Leopard only, or the TUIOSimulator.

What you need:

- A multitouch table or the TUIOSimulator

- Any blob tracker that generates TUIO packets, we'll use BBTouch for now. If you are using the [TUIOSimulator], that handles TUIO generating as well, so there is no need for a blob tracker as well.

- FLOSC

- A flash demo

The TUIOSimulator, flosc, and the flash demo can all be found through Reactable Software, which also created Reactivision.

Step 1) - Download your software.

Follow the Opentouch wiki to get BBTouch if you aren't using the TUIO Simulator.

Follow the Reactivision wiki to download the source which contains the TUIO_Simulator, flosc, and a flash demo. You want the TUIO module, not the reacTIVision module.

Step 2) - Send the TUIO packets

Start BBTouch or run the TUIO Simulator. Both default to port 3333, keep that the same.

Step 3) - Start your FLOSC server.

CD to the TUIO_Flash folder that came when you downloaded the TUIO module from Reactivision.

Use this command line script “java -jar FlashOSC.jar 3333 3000"

Step 4) - Run the flash demo

Launch TuioDemo.swf (also in TUIO_Flash).

The TuioDemo.swf should be drawing a line following any touches.