Microsoft was on the show floor at CES 2009, showing off, among other things, the cool multi-touch functionality built into Windows 7. The software giant had a number of self-branded monitors in their booth showcasing a proof-of-concept app, inviting people to try it out for themselves.The version of the app the company was running is [...]
Microsoft has taken part in a $24m funding package in N-Trig, manufacturers of multitouch-capable touch panels already in use in a number of Tablet PCs, in what looks to be a strategy to boost hardware support for Windows 7’s upcoming multitouch support. Back in November, however, the initial multitouch beta drivers from the company delivered [...]
Introduced in September 2008, the HP TouchSmart PC IQ804 supports Windows Vista Home Premium. An added bonus for those who are testing the upcoming Windows 7 is that the hardware supports consumer OS features from improved Media Center to multi-touch. The TouchSmart PC IQ804 has a 25.5″ diagonal, widescreen display. The TouchSmart PC’s slim, TV-like [...]
Multi-touch devices have come of age and taken the form of an interactive, highly intuitive computer called the Microsoft Surface, Picture a surface that can recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and more. This is where Microsoft’s Surface, a new [...]
You may know Jeff Han, you’ve probably seen his company Perceptive Pixel’s Interactive Media Wall / Multi-touch Collaboration Wall, but the missing link to this stuff is taking it home. Well, the wait is apparently over, and for once it’s Neiman Marcus we’ve got to thank. While you’re shopping for the latest must-have fall fashions, [...]
LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2008 – Bordeaux, France-based JazzMutant, a pioneer developer of multi-touch sensing technology, announced today at the International CES that it is launching an OEM business unit in response to a growing demand for its multi-touch solutions by electronic device manufacturers and third-party system integrators. In addition, the company is being renamed [...]
This multi-touch implementation, called ThinSight, can see other devices and respond to say, infrared, as well. A computer screen that also acts as a two-handed touch interface and a crude infrared camera has been developed by researchers at Microsoft’s labs in the UK. Users can operate the display with both hands, in a similar manner [...]
