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The
Magical World of Tablets and Touchscreens
(CIO.com)
Four years ago, Berg came across the HP TouchSmart PC with NextWindow optical
touch screen technology. Like the story of Disney's Rapunzel, the touch technology
freed him from the bonds of the wicked trackball. "The optical touch is
beautiful," he says. "I can use my head wand and I don't even have
to touch the screen.
Govt gives $50m to aid NZ research
(NZ Herald News)
The Government has announced a $50 million second round of research and development
grants to successful high-tech businesses, with the biggest of the 19 grants
going to Canadian-owned touch display maker NextWindow.
Olympic
Museum Goes Interactive
(Inavate)
A travelling exhibition called Hope is starting life at the Olympic Museum
in Lausanne before heading further afield to spread the message of the ‘Olympic
dream’. It uses interactive media to strike up a dialogue with visitors, employing
gesture recognition and touch technologies.
EIZO
FlexScan Monitor Has the NextWindow Touch
(Digital Signage News)
EIZO is using the NextWindow 1900 Desktop Touch in its new tilt-able FlexScan
computer monitors. Users can interact with the 1900 series while wearing gloves,
as in medical environments. It also provides traditional touch functions such
as point, click, drag and drop, as well as multitouch functions like pan, pinch,
double-tap and scroll.
Asia Pacific Deloitte Technology Fast 500 announced (Scoop Independant News)
Asia Pacific Deloitte Technology Fast 500 announced, NextWindow at #32
IT Kiosks Ride Touch-Screen Wave (Smarter Technology)
The new wave of touch-screen mania triggered by the phenomenal success of Apple's iPad has touched off not only a competing tablet frenzy—like HP's Slate and Samsung's Galaxy Tab—but is also prompting IT organizations worldwide to start offering NextWindow-based public information centers in the increasingly familiar touch format.
Hard 'Rockin’ the Customer Experience (Hospitality Technology)
Currently, several Hard Rock Cafe locations, including Seattle, Dallas, Detroit and Berlin, have interactive RockWall Solo displays installed, to showcase thousands of Hard Rock memorabilia items to customers. The touch technology behind the display is the NextWindow 2150 touch screen, which sits on top of a 52-inch NEC monitor (integrated by Horizon Display. So far, the displays have been extremely popular with Hard Rock Cafe visitors.
Microsoft Technology Centers Use Touch to Teach (CIO.com)
Microsoft's Chicago tech center is using giant touch screens to inform customers on SharePoint and other Microsoft products. The display uses NextWindow technology and was built and installed by Illinois-based design firm Ravenswood Studio.
NZ’s NextWindow, Microsoft team on double bed-sized touchscreen (NBR)
Microsoft has already deployed one of the screens at its Technology Center in Chicago. The company says it will use the jumbo display to demonstrate Microsoft multi-touch capabilities and show customers how they could use the technology in their own workplaces.
Artists
on NextWindow Touch Screens
(Interactive Multimedia Technology)
Here is a video from NextWindow's "Digital Art Day"- watch how four artists use various tools, including brushes, to interact with a NextWindow screen.
Graybeards Doesn't Know Much About Whiteboards (WSJ)
Smart says most interactive whiteboard revenue has traditionally been from the education market, but the company believes “additional attractive opportunities exist in the business and government markets.” The company bought New Zealand-based NextWindow in April, paying $82 million in cash. The deal is expected to help the whiteboard business, but Smart said “we also expect that NextWindow’s existing relationships with leading PC display manufacturers and other electronics equipment manufacturers will accelerate our ability to expand into the market for interactive touch products other than interactive whiteboards.”
Touchscreens up to 52-inches Debut from NextWindow (NextGen Blog)
Is your iPad too small? How about 52-inches--is that big enough for you? Look for giant touchscreen displays in kiosks and other commercial settings by the end of the year.
BNET TV interview with David Villarina
NextWindow’s David Villarina speaks with a reporter from BNET at the InfoComm 2010 exhibition about the company's technology and markets.
Touchscreens: A Key Enabler of Tablet Computing (PC Mag Blog)
At the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week show this week, there must have been at least forty different vendors with touch screen technologies. NextWindow, which makes many of the touch screen technologies used on desktops and all-in-ones, was pushing its optical touch solutions, which you'll see in a number of all-in-one and desktop computers, including those from HP and Dell.
SMART Technologies’ acquisition of NextWindow: A “smart window” to the world (Innovative Interactivity)
I’ve been fond of SmartBoards and NextWindow touch-screen displays for many years. I used a large NextWindow touch-screen display for a couple of projects in 2007 when I was taking courses in human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing at UNC-Charlotte. I loved the display’s high-resolution and great optical touch responsiveness.
Smart Technologies acquires NextWindow to move into touch screen business (Venture Beat)
Touchscreens are the hottest thing in user interfaces for everything from phones to laptops to tablet computers such as the iPad. So it’s no surprise that Canada’s Smart Technologies has acquired New Zealand touchscreen technology maker NextWindow.
SMART Technologies Acquires NextWindow: Consolidation in Optical Imaging Touch Screens (DisplaySearch)
Although both companies are using optical imaging touch technology, their target markets are different. As SMART’s CEO, Nancy Knowlton indicated that NextWindow’s “business model, patent portfolio and focus on the consumer market make it an attractive acquisition for us.”
Canadian company snaps up NZ tech firm (NZ Herald)
Al Monro said Next Window's investors - primarily overseas venture capital and private equity firms - would be very pleased with the outcome of the sale. "It gives [Next Window] access to a bigger company, a wider range of IP and a bigger balance sheet," he said.
Touch-Screen Technology in the Enterprise? (Windows IT Pro)
You might think touch-screen is more suited to the entertainment realm, but I'm seeing some definite potential for the enterprise. Monro spoke of a bank in Houston that's using a TouchSmart solution in one of its branches: "It allows a customer to chat with a 'virtual loan officer' via the use of a webcam and touch applications." Also, he said, "Some automotive dealers are deploying interactive displays to allow prospective new car buyers to configure their own vehicle with various options."
With The Proliferation Of Multi-Touch Technologies, The Exciting New Future Of Physical Interactivity Will Be Like Playing Tai-Chi (Innovation Playground blog)
These mid-size touch screen OEM manufacturers instead of supplying companies
such as HP, LG, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony may end up competing against them.
These companies include FlatFrog, RPO, Microsoft, NextWindow, TouchCo and Vissumo.
Windows 7 and NextWindow (Windows7news.com)
NextWindow has been instrumental in working with Microsoft to develop the Windows 7 Logo test. This means, that a company wishing to display the Windows 7 Logo for touch technology, must pass a series of technology tests.
Getting in Touch (Sound & Communications)
NextWindow’s Anthony Uhrick discusses trends in the large-format industry in this white paper. "For resellers and integrators, there's no time like the present to recover margins in the commoditized display resale market by offering customers a richer value-add solution based on interactive touch screens."
2000～2010 年のトップ技術 (PC Magazine ブログ (PC Magazine Forward Thinking blog)
上記以外にも、MySpace や Digg、Delicious、Flickr、YouTube、Facebook などに代表される Web 2.0 ソーシャル ネットワーキングをはじめ、Nvidia が普及させた GPU コンピューティング、Wacom や Next Window による画期的なタッチ技術、さらに Microsoft や Apple、HP が開発したユーザー インターフェイス (中略) など、他にも驚くべき技術が多数登場している。
Windows 7 の登場でタッチ スクリーン コンピュータの普及が加速？ (USA Today)
マウスとキーボードの使用を止めてタッチ技術に依存することは賢明な判断とはいえず、最悪な事態を引き起こす可能性も孕んでいるのだ。現にタッチ技術はマウスとキーボードの代替ではなく、それらの機能を拡大したり補完するためのものと位置付けられている。「ある種の操作は本質的にタッチ式の方が適しているのです」と大手製造業者に光学式マルチタッチ ディスプレイを納入している NextWindow (本社: ニュージーランド) の CEO、アル・モンロー氏は説明する。
企業向けタッチ スクリーンは流行するか (IT Expert Voice)
マルチタッチ対応アプリケーションはヘルスケア分野にも普及しており、その代表的な例として医師や看護師が患者の既往歴、投薬などに関する情報にアクセスできる電子カルテ システム挙げられる。「タッチは情報の作成ではなく、消費を意図しており、また情報が消費される場面で最も活躍します」と語るのは、NextWindow の製品マーケティング部長ジェフ・ウォーカー氏だ。
マルチタッチ技術が大画面 PC 分野に進出 (BusinessWeek)
マルチタッチ ディスプレイ式のノート PC やデスクトップ PC (前者はイスラエルの新興企業 N-trig が、後者はニュージーランドの NextWindow が主に生産) は年々価格が低下しているため、利用可能なアプリケーションはまだ限られているものの、近い将来多くの主流 PC にマルチタッチ技術が採用されるものと思われる。
OS レビュー: Windows 7 ベースの Dell Studio One タッチ スクリーン PC (PC Perspective)
オンスクリーン キーボードに加え、Windows 7 には非常に優れた手書き認識プログラムが搭載されており、指やボールペンの後ろで書いた文字を極めて正確に認識する。このテクノロジーを支えているのが NextWindow のタッチ技術で、スクリーンに軽くタッチするだけで情報が認識されるため、身の回りにあるものをスタイラスやポインティング デバイスとして利用できるという。
タッチ スクリーン技術、Windows 7、タブレット PC (OS News)
タッチ スクリーン PC は今が買い時であるということは間違いない。Dell Studio One の場合、1024 ドルと比較的高価に思えるかもしれないが、同様スペックの iMac が 1199 ドルであること、またスタイリッシュなオールインワン コンピュータであることを考慮すれば、それ程高い買い物とはいえないだろう。Dell Studio One には NextWindow の光学式タッチ スクリーン技術が採用されているが、従来なかったマルチタッチやピンチ＆パン機能がサポートされるようになり、iPhone にも引けを取らない操作性を実現している。
次世代 PC の未来を模索する Microsoft (Financial Times)
先日ディスプレイ カンファレンスに出席した NextWindow (Dell や HP、ソニーなどの製品に採用されている光学式タッチ技術を開発) のマーケティング部長ジェフ・ウォーカー氏によると、タッチ対応ソフトはまだ発展途上にあり、現在出回っている Windows 7 向けタッチ アプリケーションよりもはるかに複雑でユニークな製品が増えていくことが予測されている。
インタビュー:
NextWindow CEO アル・モンロー氏
(Computerworld)
今回 NextWindow の CEO を務めるアル・モンロー氏との対談が実現し、タッチ PC 市場の動向や光学式タッチ技術の未来、新しい PC ユーザー インターフェイスとしての可能性について Computerworld のエリック・レイが同氏に意見を聞いた。すると、「実際に指を動かして操作した方が直感的にできて便利な場合もあるというだけで、キーボードとマウスがなくなるわけではありませんよ」とモンロー氏は説明を始める。
次世代ディスプレイ: タッチ スクリーンとさらなる可能性 (PC Magazine blog)
米調査会社ディスプレイサーチのカンファレンスに参加した NextWindow のジェフ・ウォーカー氏は、Windows 7 向けのタッチ スクリーンは 70% がオールインワン コンピュータ、20% がモニタ、10% がノート型 PC になるだろうと述べた。