digitimes.com - 12/11/2008
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Quanta Computer recently showcased a new touch screen technology - Optical Touch – that will be compatible with Microsoft Windows 7.
blogs.zdnet.com - 12/12/2008
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December 11th, 2008 Windows 7 build 6956 performance
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jkontherun.com - 12/11/2008
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Although it's just an early beta, Windows 7
shows much promise and desirable features. One of this...
is the integrated support for multi-touch control and some hardware manufacturers are wasting no time in taking advantage of touch. Even when there's ...
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Quanta demonstrates "look ma, no hands!" touch ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 12/17/2008
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Microsoft sent to a select group of testers
on December 16 invitations to participate in Windows 7...
Beta 1. Individuals who received the invites are considered "tech beta testers." Here is part of the note Microsoft sent to the invitees.
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Microsoft sends out Windows 7 Beta 1 invites
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Quanta demonstrates "look ma, no hands!" touch capabilities for Windows 7
jkOnTheRun —
... DigiTimes says that at WinHEC Taipei, the company demonstrated their magical, mystical Optical Touch technology. Instead of using a touchscreen display to accept touch commands, Optical Touch relies on two web-cams to watch your roving palms and then interpret the commands right into the operating system. The cameras are placed on the top corners of a display and support standard cursor movement as well as image rotation and screen zooming. Someone use two fingers to pinch me when I can wave my hand across the screen on a Sunday afternoon and have a pint automatically appear ...
Quanta demos Optical Touch system with Windows 7
Engadget —
... It's no secret that multi-touch support is one of the stand-out features of Windows 7, and it's also no surprise that plenty of companies seem eager to get in on the action, one of the latest which is uber-manufacturer Quanta Computer. ...
Quanta Optical Touch works with Windows 7 multitouch gestures
SlashGear —
... Quanta has been demonstrating multitouch touch-sensitive displays using an optical recognition system rather than the more common capacitive or resistive panels. The technology, which the company calls Optical Touch, relies on two cameras embedded into the top left and right corners of the display, which track the user’s fingers. It will be compatible with the multitouch functionality coming ...
Quantas demos Optical Touch Screen
iTech News Net —
Quantas shows its new touchscreen technology at the WinHEC Taipei 2008. The new technology is named Optical Touch. Instead of using a capacitive or resistive touch panel, the Optical Touch technology relies on two cameras on the top corners of the display, which will locate the finger position of users.
The Optical Touch Screen is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7. It supports also multi-touch gestures such as rotate, zoom-in and zoom-out.
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