Microsoft Touchwall

I really like to watch technology presentations and demonstrations, especially on the TED website but also on other websites. I recently came upon a presentation for Microsoft’s Touchwall, an inexpensive rear-projection system.

The video below is a demonstration by Director of Envisioning Ian Sands who explains various features and the technique behind the Microsoft Touchwall product. The software used to run the show is called Plex running on the Vista plattform. The other equipment was a plexiglass screen, a rear projector, an infrared camera and three infrared lasers.

The user can interact with the content on the screen in an organic fashion, unlimited zooming, watching videos, flipping through pictures and a lot more. The potential is amazing. The Touchwall does look incredible in my opinion and it is a shame that Microsoft has no plans on marketing the product.

Crunchgear has a lot of additional footage about the product on their website.

Tags: future tech, Gadgets, microsoft, microsoft touchwall, ted, touchwall
Categories: Cool, Hardware

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2 Responses to “Microsoft Touchwall”

1. Tony S. says:

   May 15, 2008 at 12:28 am

   If you want that, with an inexpensive budget, try this (multitouch, also):

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

   (announced half a year ago)

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2. Rich says:

   May 15, 2008 at 1:48 am

   Classroom have had devices like these for some time now — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFsxev-2sk

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