Use iPad as touch screen?

[flyICE]

I made a the following post in Lockon forum, but I should post it here. I think iPad could function as a fabulous touch screen. I hope soon there will be software like touchbuddy that will make iPad useful for flight sims.

 

I just installed FC 2.0 and I was overwhelmed by reprogramming so many keys into my X45. Last time I was doing it was a long time ago.

 

I suddenly realized that my iPad is touch sensitive. And if someone can write a program to make it function as a MFD with touchable buttons, that would be fantastic.

 

Given the size and resolution of iPad screen, it probably can display two MFDs side by side, or one MFD with a lot of extra buttons!

 

Anyway, I'm not a programmer. Just a piece of thought...

[c0ff]

Thought about it.

But how many people will buy such app?

And for what price?

[flyICE]

I for sure will buy the app, as long as it's not charged at an absurd price (>$15?). I just bought the Cougar MFD for $50 shipped, and this iPad app will be 100x better in terms of functionality. The Cougar MFD only has buttons, no screen.

 

I hope you or someone may seriously consider it. iPad goes through Wifi, so it's just a server/client kind of thing to get it connected to PC?

[Sov13t]

iDisplay and Air Display are already able to use the iPad as a second monitor. Should be pretty easy to config touchbuddy for it. The problem is that it utilizes wifi and certain level of compression so I am not sure how well it will perform.

[flyICE]

Yes. Apparently there is a $10 app called MaxiVista that can turn iPad into a second monitor for PC. I just bought the app and will give it a try when I'm home (I don't have the right network to test it in my office).

 

Currently MaxiVista doesn't support the touch screen feature of iPad, but it's said that they may implement that feature in future release.

 

 

 

iDisplay and Air Display are already able to use the iPad as a second monitor. Should be pretty easy to config touchbuddy for it. The problem is that it utilizes wifi and certain level of compression so I am not sure how well it will perform.

[flyICE]

Well, I can now confirm that MaxiVista + iPad don't work for Leavu 2.1. Maxivista works fine, and I can use iPad as an extra screen, albeit kind of slow. Leavu works fine too if I only put those MFD/ADI windows on my real 2nd monitor. If I move those MFD and ADI windows to iPad window then the MFD display gets frozen or blank, while the ADI window becomes completely white blank. Don't know why, probably has sth to do with how Maxivista handles display on iPad?

 

Since Maxivista currently doesn't support touch on iPad, I'd guess it will be also useless for Touchbuddy or Touchpal. Here goes my $10 for curiosity...:D

[Panzertard]

Think we may have a Look at this: http://avatron.com/apps/air-display/

Claims to have beta-win Support & touch

Edit: Sov13t already mentioned it, nice ;)

[PeterP]

check this post - http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=978157#post978157

there are tools that mirror the desktop on iphone/ipod and it's free

[Druid_]

All of the Ipad second screen apps I have seen so far, suffer from lag, so if you intend to use it for a moving display of some sort then forget it. The reason being the compression that is being done. If some smart programmer from ED (or anywhere for that matter) wants to make a few easy bucks then he/she should get onto it, but ditch the compression.

[Highwayman-Ed]

I'd definitely shell out a few bucks (up to $15) for this kind of App, and to be honest buying an iPad is much more appealing than a touch screen monitor.