Microsoft R&D strikes again: the LucidTouch
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark @ Aug 24th 2007 9:56AM
Touching is good!
eh_wth @ Aug 24th 2007 9:59AM
Cue goatse references in 3, 2, 1...
Sharon @ Aug 24th 2007 10:45AM
So now males with big hands not only have more inches under the belt but can also work with bigger screens.
Life just isn't fair.
Rainier @ Aug 24th 2007 11:16AM
The next evolutionary step for Etch-A-Sketch will begin....now.
plyx @ Aug 24th 2007 11:21AM
Why the hell is Mitsubishi playing footsie with Microsoft AND Sony right at the same time?
Dale @ Aug 24th 2007 11:48AM
Because only fanboys care about silly little rivalries. Companies care about making products and in turn money.
plyx @ Aug 24th 2007 12:27PM
Don't care about the rivalry, not a fanboy (got PSWii60), just a conspiracy theorist.
Jackass.
ssuk @ Aug 24th 2007 11:33AM
IN B4 "IT'LL BREAK DOWN IN 2 MONTHS" and random comments by certain rival console's fanboys who are under the age of 11 year of age either mentally or physically.
Brandon @ Aug 24th 2007 11:53AM
Didn't Apple already apply for this patent?
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/10/apple-patent-app-reveals-back-side-interface-for-handhelds/
MasterCKO @ Aug 24th 2007 12:39PM
this is kinda cool. I'd like to see something with this interface, just because it is pretty unique.
Philip @ Aug 24th 2007 2:46PM
As the CEO of a touch sensor start-up, Sima Systems, I think this implementation of a backside sensor is plain ridiculous at best or just awful at worst. I mean a camera, give me a break. I presented our backside touch technology to some touch sensor guys at MS research last June. They did not have a clue. It may be a coincidence but we disclosed our target applications very similar to those describe in the video. If this is their response to Apple's patent previously mentioned then buy Apple and short MS.
By the way multi-touch is just one aspect of advanced touch sensors. Another critical aspect is 'dual force'. Locating/navigating with mutiple-touch is straight forward and simple but activating by just exerting more pressure requires a great deal more intelligent creativity. While I am at it, how about relative positioning? MS demonstrates fingers touching a fixed keyboard, so what. The real solution is the keyboard moves with the fingers. Now your fingers are the keys.
Philip Coyne
Sima Systems
Marcos @ Aug 24th 2007 7:05PM
This is a really cool concept. Reminds me of the first multitouch demo video I saw, in which the hands showed as shadows on screen, and the user interacts on a table with a camera (not directly on the display).
Still, the only widely available multitouch technology is Apple's iPhone... but the future looks good.
(MS Surface is very cool too)