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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."
지난 10년간 최고의 기술 (PC Magazine Forward Thinking 블로그)
필자는 지난 10년간 최고의 기술을 선정하기 위해 MySpace, Digg, Delicious, Flickr, YouTube 및 Facebook과 같은 사이트가 주도하는 "Web 2.0" 소셜 네트워킹, 주로 Nvidia에 의해 대중화된 GPU 컴퓨팅, Wacom 및 NextWindow와 같은 기술 공급자가 선도하는 터치 기술 및 Microsoft, Apple 및 HP가 주도하는 사용자 인터페이스를 비롯한 수많은 기술을 고려했습니다.
Windows 7, 터치 스크린 컴퓨터의 도입을 재촉할 수 있다 (USA Today)
마우스와 키보드를 손에서 멀리하려면 터치 기술을 사용하면 됩니다. 사실 터치는 마우스와 키보드를 대체하기보다는 강화하고 보완하기 위한 것입니다. 대형 제조업체용 광학 멀티 터치 디스플레이 공급업체인 NextWindow 뉴질랜드 지사의 CEO인 알 먼로(Al Monro)는 "본래 터치를 해야 더 사용하기 쉬운 것이 있습니다"라고 말했습니다.
터치 스크린: 기업들이여, 그들이 다가오고 있다 (IT Expert Voice)
한 예로, 의사와 간호사가 환자의 의료 기록, 투약 등에 대한 정보를 확인하기 위해 액세스하는 전자 의료 기록 시스템이 있습니다. “터치는 정보를 작성할 때보다 정보를 소비하기 위해 만들어졌으며 이때 가장 효과적입니다.”라고 NextWindow의 제품 마케팅 관리자인 조프 워커(Geoff Walker)는 말합니다.
멀티 터치, 대형 스크린으로 이동: PC (BusinessWeek)
멀티 터치 노트북 디스플레이(주로 이스라엘의 시작 프로그램 N-trig 기술 사용) 및 멀티 터치 데스크톱 디스플레이(주로 뉴질랜드의 NextWindow 기술 사용)의 가격이 내려감에 따라 애플리케이션이 여전히 제한되어있는 상황에서도 많은 주요 PC에서 멀티 터치를 곧 만나게 될 것입니다.
Dell Studio One Touchscreen Windows 7 PC 리뷰( (PC Perspective)
Windows 7에는 통합형 온스크린 키보드 외에도 손가락이나 볼펜 뒷부분으로 눌러 사용할 수 있는 매우 인상적인 필기 인식 프로그램이 포함되어 있습니다. 이것이 바로 스타일러스나 포인팅 장치 대신 거의 모든 것으로 아주 가볍게 눌러 사용할 수 있는 NextWindow 기술의 이점 중 하나입니다.
스터치 크린 기술, Windows 7, Tablet PCs (OS News)
터치 스크린을 원하시는 분들에게 이보다 더 좋은 기회는 없습니다. Dell Studio One은 1,024달러로, PC 가격으로는 비싸지만 멋진 디자인의 일체형 PC임을 고려하면 그렇게 비싼 것은 아닙니다. 유사한 사양의 iMac은 1,199달러입니다. NextWindow의 광학 터치 스크린 기술은 특히 iPhone에서 제공되는 멀티 터치 지원과 핀치 앤 팬 기능과 같이 이전에 사용해 본 기존의 터치 스크린보다 많은 이점이 있습니다.
Microsoft, 차세대 PC의 세계로 들어서다 (Financial Times)
Geoff Walker Dell, HP 및 Sony 제품에 탑재된 광학 터치 기술의 제조업체인 NextWindow의 제품 마케팅 관리자 조프 워커(Geoff Walker)는 최근 열린 디스플레이 컨퍼런스에서 지금까지 소프트웨어 개발자는 Windows 7을 위한 대략적이고 상상력이 부족한 터치 애플리케이션만 만들었다고 말했습니다.
The
Grill: 알 먼로 (Al Monro)
(Computerworld)
Computerworld의 Eric Lai가 NextWindow CEO 알 먼로(Al Monro)에게 터치 PC 시장, 광학 터치 기술 및 PC의 새 사용자 인터페이스로서의 터치 스크린의 잠재력에 대해 인터뷰했습니다. 그는 "키보드와 마우스는 계속 사용할 수 있습니다."라고 말하면서 "그러나 터치를 사용하면 훨씬 더 간편한 것들이 있습니다."라고 덧붙였습니다.
새롭게 떠오르는 디스플레이: 터치 스크린, 그 이상 (PC Magazine 블로그)
DisplaySearch Emerging Displays Conference에서 NextWindow의 Geoff Walker는 Windows 7을 사용하도록 설계된 일체형 PC 중 70%, 모니터 중 20%, 노트북 중 10%에서 터치 기술을 볼 수 있게 될 것이라 말했습니다.