LinkNotes: A multi-touch display that can 'see' objects too (video)

2007-10-21

Screen can recognise particular hand gestures and objects

A computer screen that also acts as a two-handed touch interface and a crude infrared camera has been developed by researchers at Microsoft's labs in the UK.

Users can operate the display with both hands, in a similar manner to the display in the film Minority Report. But this screen can also recognise particular hand gestures as well as objects placed within a centimetre of its surface.