Multi-Touch

Touch technology allows you to simply touch the screen.  Multi-touch takes the experience to the next level.  Multi-touch allows you to use more than one finger (or any object) to stretch, rotate, or shrink an object, scroll through menus, and efficiently operate any software program.  Multi-touch goes beyond the capabilities of traditional pointing devices, allowing OEMs to tap into the potential of this cutting edge technology.

As multi-touch grows in popularity, more applications become available to take advantage of its capabilities.

Working together better

NextWindow provides multi-touch functionality for displays as large as 120”.  Large-format displays allow people to collaborate more efficiently, and multi-touch makes these systems even more intuitive and natural.  With multi-touch, users can:

• Deliver presentations by integrating computer applications and multimedia sources with ease;
• Annotate and highlight directly over existing applications on a plasma or LCD display;
• Create interactivity that is more versatile, dynamic and engaging;
• Resize and manipulate graphical information;
• Pan, zoom and scroll through documents and websites.

Multi-touch for software developers

NextWindow's touch Application Program Interface (API) provides programmers with access to touch data generated by a NextWindow touch screen. It also provides derived touch information.  The API is in the form of a DLL that provides useful functions for application developers. Communications take place through an HID-compliant USB.

To assist software developers who are creating solutions for Windows 7, NextWindow has developed a multi-touch driver.  Download it here.