I know this may be wishful thinking on my part, but wouldn't it be great if OSCulator could harness the data from Apple's newish Magic Trackpad (http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/) much in the same way it deals with Wacom tablets, including the ability to divert the data from mouse control?
The Magic Trackpad apparently has the ability to sense up to 11 individual points of contact, including the area of each point of contact. I can think of numerous applications of this sort of touch data for musical performance...
There are already some ways of using the trackpad data available, such as an external for Max/MSP, which are rounded up in this Create Digital Motion post from a few months ago:
http://createdigitalmotion.com/2010/07/apple-magic-trackpad-as-multi-touch-input-and-cross-platform-multi-touch/
...but I would much prefer the ability for "one-stop-shopping" regarding piping data from multiple controllers into applications needing such control. It would be wonderful to have Wiimote, Wacom, and Multitouch trackpad data all coming in through OSCulator.
Cheers,
Scott
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