Surface also uses optical sensing (IR Cameras) for multi touch inputs which differs from capacitive touch used on handsets. The benefits of optical sensing are sensing of multiple finger gestures while capacitive touch is limited to 2 finger gesture sensing.
Hardware that can add touch sensing to desktop monitor screens and notebooks: http://www.n-trig.com/ If Windows 7 does support capturing more than 2 finger gestures (and most likely it would,) the hardware to enable more than 2 finger gesture sensing on desktop or notebook screens does not seem to be available in the near future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36947 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
