Integration of the screen prototype with software

For this part I will do some research in using Touchlib http://nuigroup.com/touchlib/
"Touchlib is a library for creating multi-touch interaction surfaces. It handles tracking blobs of infrared light, and sends your programs these multi-touch events, such as 'finger down', 'finger moved', and 'finger released'. It includes a configuration app and a few demos, and will interface with most types of webcams and video capture devices."

Because I'm not a programmer / engineer myself, I will have to use TUIO protocol and something more manageable such as Flash, VVVV, Processing, PureData, or something of that sort. My friend Luis Fernández is coaching me through email, for which I'm quite grateful.

Regarging the touchscreen itself, it is still not 100%finished because I don't have a special kind of silicon which is needed in order to avoid air bubbles preventing the contact of the fingers with the acrylic plate and the projecting surface. I'm looking for ways to solve that issue. However it seems that there is a TUIO simulator, which allows writing applications and testing them without having to use any kind of multitouch interface, so it won't be necessary for me to have the projector, and all the screen paraphernalia on all the time while experimenting.
The most common simulator is the one made by the team who designed the reacTable at my former university in Barcelona: http://mtg.upf.es/reactable/?pic=reactivision04.png

With this, and the right libs and plug ins, I will be able to start testing my experiments quite soon.