While interactive table top displays haven’t really entered the mainstream of society, they’re still an extremely cool technology with an almost limitless number of uses. Implementations of these devices, such as Microsoft’s Surface, offer users a two dimensional multi-touch computing environment. And while they’re especially well suited for situations in which several users may simultaneously interact with the [...]
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2 Comments »This might be the coolest computer monitor ever. And although we’ve seen some creative ways to expand a monitor’s viewing area, none are literally as seamless as this. The Ostendo CRVD is a 43″ diagonal LCD display that gently curves across its viewable area, wrapping the user in content. The monitor’s 2880×900 native resolution doesn’t require a [...]
Posted in Displays, PCs and Laptops Tags: curved display, gaming monitor, LCD, monitors, Ostendo CRVD No Comments »Someone needs to put out an APB to note/netbook manufacturers that the dual sliding screen concept, although seemingly an improvement, isn’t really that practical. After all, would you want to sit next to some guy on an airplane extending his two screens into the little space to which you’ve been allotted? At the CEATEC show [...]
Posted in Cool or Annoying?, Displays, PCs and Laptops Tags: gScreen, Kohjinsha, netbook, sliding screen 1 Comment »Multi-touch displays are nothing new, having been incorporated into such common products as the iPhone, Zune HD, and Palm Pre. But unlike traditional touchscreens, which are usually of the resistive or IR variety and can only detect one touch at a time, multi-touch technology allows the user to register several simultaneous touches and gestures, thus creating an [...]
Posted in Displays, PCs and Laptops, Touchscreens Tags: BumpTop, haptics, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, multi-touch, touchscreen 2 Comments »
