Comments on: What’s Going On With Multi-Touch Technologies?

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:40:39 +0000

Regarding different based techs, I think both Perceptive Pixel tech and the MS Surface table use cameras for hand, gesture and object recognition. But, Yeah. By all likelyhood they’re unrelated.

The series of similar applications, oaths-to-silence, etc. are probably just coincidences or the media blowing stories out of proportion.

In any case, I was curious to hear whether Han had anything to do with Surface (or Apple). Thanks for the comments.

By: Kev

Kev — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:29:11 +0000

It’s very unlikely that anyone’s patents are anything like any others’ patents. Different base technologies, for one thing.

Sort of like, say, one laptop using a touchpad while another uses a mouse. They both use a hand and move a pointer, but that’s all.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:12:57 +0000

Just a thing about the technology showed by microsoft or Jeff Han, this is in no way new (screen+camera+projector). This in contrast with the IPhone wich uses a clever multi-touch lcd.
Recommended reading:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/01/fentem_microsoft_surface/

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:37:50 +0000

Jeff Han appears in this Popular Mechanics video for Surface, explaining multitouch technologies. However, there's nothing that explicitly states that he's working with MS. Seems that he's there only to provide commentary.