3M Unveils 20x and 40x Multi-Touch Screens

[Guest]

Smartphone interface are lifting our expectations of convenient touch user input not just on phones and tablets, but possibly on larger types on computing devices as well.

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[EDVINASM]

Good for shops, airports etc. Useless for home unless you have a bunch of kids. I wouldn't like to see smudges and fingerprints all over my monitor every time I use PC. Plus most people like to sit away from PC and relax. I would welcome some tech at reasonable price that would make coffee table a touchscreen or even touch input. But then again, that would be more used by families.

 

[Bloob]

Finally a use for my toes...

 

[icemunk]

10ms isn't bad, much better than the 100ms on most touch-screen phones.. I can't wait to see them hitting the 1ms response times soon.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]Bloob[/nom]Finally a use for my toes...[/citation]
Good call, 20 touch points when people only have 10 fingers, what's the point?

 

[WyomingKnott]

Seems perfect for group finger-painting. Otherwise, ???

 

[brizzelsprout]

On screens that small the usefulness is lost. Put that tech in a 60+ inch table top display and you have a whole new work environment. No more iPads and laptops in the conference room, you just use the table.

 

[danjimaru]

I own a 21 inch 1080p albatron optical multitouch screen that has 5 touch points and costs around 300 dollars how does 3m justify a price difference of 1700.- for +15 touch points and more importantly who uses 20 fingers anyway?

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]danjimaru[/nom]I own a 21 inch 1080p albatron optical multitouch screen that has 5 touch points and costs around 300 dollars how does 3m justify a price difference of 1700.- for +15 touch points and more importantly who uses 20 fingers anyway?[/citation]
Collaboration as in multiple people working on the large screens at once that is what this is for.

 

[Branden]

i just can't imagine a scenario that'd require 4 people to palce all 40 of their fingers simultaneously on a 27" screen...

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Good call, 20 touch points when people only have 10 fingers, what's the point?[/citation]
Take off your shoes, drop your fly, and improvise..

 

[f-14]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Good call, 20 touch points when people only have 10 fingers, what's the point?[/citation]
duuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrr read much there helen keller?

 

[WyomingKnott]

duuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrr read much there helen keller?

How many fingers did Helen Keller have? I never heard that she was polydactylic.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]Collaboration as in multiple people working on the large screens at once that is what this is for.[/citation]
Yeah, I kinda got that, but just exactly how much invasion of personal space is going on when more than a single person works on a 27 inch monitor within touching distance

A 40" surface, laid out like a table, with a person on each side I can see, but a desktop monitor?

Pointless