Microsoft’s TouchLight Technology
by DJ Neawedde | 16th August 2006
TouchLight technology, slated to be released by the end of the year, lets users move and manipulate three-dimensional images with their hands. You will be able to tilt and pan an image, such a refrigerator or airplane. Microsoft is not going to develop the technology itself, but is instead licensing the technology, known as TouchLight, to a start-up. Microsoft is licensing the idea to Eon Reality, an Irvine, Calif.-based company that will use it in its existing interactive products for commercial, auto, aerospace and defense industries. Eon’s current products offer 3D displays, but don’t let a person interact via touch.
Also: News.com’s Neha Tiwari talks with David Harnett, Microsoft’s senior director of IP ventures, about how the technology works and what practical uses it will have.
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September 28th, 2007 at 8:03 am
It looks incredible, i see they are selling to business users already.
Wonder when it will be mainstream ?
Nothing at www.Touchlight.com yet
October 1st, 2007 at 10:10 am