Comments on: Microsoft Leads $24 Million Round In N-Trig To Bring Multitouch To PCs

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:38:24 +0000

n-trig is amazing new technology but problem for the love of god or no god depending on what u believe in add adobe support so users could get pen pressure working

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By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:39:37 +0000

imagine this technology as an enabler to use of softwares in different fields such as:

design – you can touch screen to moves different designs around, bring them together, insert objects, remove objects, go to different views (construction industry, auto, software, website, network dev, …. )

making/editing movies, music, presentations, etc

kids teaching software…

think of all the new application this could lead to and not trying to impose this tech on things that we have at the moment

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:50:29 +0000

I can barely stand one fingerprint on my screen let alone the whole thing covered in them. Gross.

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:44:46 +0000

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By: Jonathas Scott

Jonathas Scott — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:35:39 +0000

@erick.
I deeply agree with you. I live in brazil and here those touchable interfaces are like magic to most of people. I tried that hp touchable computer and the experience still sucks, but for now maybe the hype is too high for us to notice that.

I wonder a bit if the touchable hardware and interfaces are not been overestimated. I’m sure it is a hell of cool to see tom cruise manipulating interface air elements, but in a manner of energy spend on a task accomplishment I challenge to say that its way diferent from using touch on small devices.

Even on small devices, I’ve never seen anyone using its itouch or iphone on a vertical state. Microsoft showed us about how multitouch should me made (horizontal, table like hardware).

I feel it is so unnatural to use just our finger to touch digital elements, I’m sure the touchable interfaces will bring us new opportunities of different interaction moments in a ubiquitous compuing world, there is where I see the real use of it.

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By: Renderdemo

Renderdemo — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:11:05 +0000

I already use the closest thing to an advanced high resolution touch screen out there… 21″ Wacom Cintiq. Yes I have to use a pen right now but my grubby paws are all over it all the time. I havn’t had to use a cleaner on my screen except for the back of my sleeve this year.

Market for touch screens? Yes… I do a lot of graphic work on mine but the thing that surprised me most was the HUGE speed gains in Excel, Word and other traditional programs. I still use a keyboard with my screen but have long abandoned the mouse.

My 2 cents… A huge win coming for whoever gets to market first and with the adequate quality to really make it work.

Chris

By: dirtyfunkindustries

dirtyfunkindustries — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:02:21 +0000

I personally cant wait for this technology, just the capability for programming music alone is gonna make certain tasks so much easier and more enjoyable…woo!!!!!

By: Justin Yost

Justin Yost — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:14:20 +0000

I don’t see it being decent enough to replace the good old mouse for a good long while.

http://www.yout...h?v=2Y_Jp6PxsSQ

By: starscream

starscream — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:18:30 +0000

pretty cool demo’s on their website, i can see potential in this DuoSense Technology.

go microsoft! if you can’t beat em, buy em.

By: Balaji J H @ www.guidetotech.com

Balaji J H @ www.guidetotech.com — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:16:54 +0000

Another move by microsoft towards the next generation great but it does not have any effect on office is it

By: third

third — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:16:21 +0000

Thank you.

I was gonna say “You have a very limited imagination, Erick”.

By: Microsoft leads million investment round in multitouch outfit N-trig | e-Tech Gadget Blog

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:35:52 +0000

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TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:47:09 +0000

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By: Oy Vey

Oy Vey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:45:42 +0000

Are you related to Praveen? Monitors designed to be viewed at a 45 degree angle? Asking if this will require a hardware upgrade?

OMG… For the sake of humanity….

By: businesses

businesses — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:22:43 +0000

Businesses who use Point of Sales are a market too.

By: bob e

bob e — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:37:13 +0000

I think touch makes sense if new monitors are not designed to be vertical but at maybe a 45 degree angle. Then it would be much easier to use.

By: Mogilny

Mogilny — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:29:56 +0000

Multitouch will only work after you install Service Pack 5 for Windows 7

By: MJG

MJG — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:01:20 +0000

A great product – I like it.

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Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:58:23 +0000

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By: Damion Flynn

Damion Flynn — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:28:48 +0000

I think it is a great idea. There are numerous different ways this technology can be used and it is about time someone is bringing it to the market. Even your average grandma will be able to make use of it when she can touch the screen to move her cards in solitaire instead of using that “awkward pointing device”

Touch screen systems have been used in many business and point of sale systems for years – why not be able to bring it home.

This opens up a new market for computer furniture and monitor specifications as well. After all, if you are going to have a touchscreen monitor, you will need a more ergonomic design – maybe a place to rest your elbow and a slightly tilted monitor. Maybe we will see monitor built into the desks now, where you hover over it, kind of like the old Atari machines (Galaga and Space Invaders both had sit and hover models).

Imagine sitting down at your desk, having your keyboard and monitor built horizontally into the desk where you can look down into them, and then maybe having a slider drawer where you could just slide over the monitor to use as a writing surface when you need it without accidentally opening files on the computer – like that last video clip that you probably should not have been watching at work anyways….

Someone want to take my ideas on furniture and run with them? I would, but I am too busy. Just pay me royalties and we are all good

All in all I think it is a good idea and am quite surprised that it took this long to come out. Now maybe I can beat “21″ on pogo a little quicker