Building on the Momentum for Windows 7 Multi-Touch Capabilities, N-trig Partners
With ISVs Working to Deliver New Consumer and Enterprise Hands-on ComputingTM
Applications
SAN ANTONIO--(Business Wire)--
N-trig, providers ofDuoSense® technology, combining pen and capacitive touch in
a single device, today unveils new multi-touch applications running on Windows
7. SID attendees can get hands-on at N-trig`s booth # 479 and can see a
demonstration of various new software applications on YouTube.
N-trig will be demonstrating a number of full multi-touch applications that
enable the use of more than two fingers to work and play on their computer
screen. These applications were designed using N-trig`s DuoSense pen and
multi-touch technology, and can be utilized by consumers and businesses for a
wide range of activities, including consumer gaming, multi-media management,
retail shopping and high-end engineering applications.
"We are pleased to see how quickly our partners are developing multi-touch
applications on Windows 7. This not only speaks to the ease of use in
development, but also to the vision that these companies have in bringing people
a unique experience and closer to their computers," said Ian LeGrow, principal
group program manager, Microsoft Corp. "N-trig is helping to lead the way for
both innovative ways to interact with a PC and promoting involvement with
hands-on computing. This is an exciting time for consumers and businesses alike
as we get closer to the Windows 7 launch and availability of multi-touch
capabilities."
N-trig is committed to supporting the entire multi-touch ecosystem, as each of
the key players strives to expand new multi-touch environments to the consumer
and enterprise markets. Today`s users have become accustomed to touchscreens, at
grocery stores, movie theatres and cash point machines and users can now
interact directly with their own computers, manipulating items on the screen
using more than two fingers - a natural and enhanced extension of how we work
and play in today's modern world.
"Windows 7 and Windows Touch are giving Corel`s software designers an incredible
opportunity to enhance how consumers experience creative software. Whether
you`re working with photos, video, or a digital painting, you don`t have to rely
on menus and mouse clicks to be creative," said Joe Roberts Executive Vice
President, Products for Corel. "Touch innovation from industry leaders like
N-trig is enabling Corel to design entirely new, natural and hands-on creative
environments for consumers. Later this year, Corel will be unveiling unique and
engaging multi-touch-enabled products that will help people get even more
expressive with their PCs."
Unlimited New Applications
Multi-touch applications on display at SID include the following:
* FingerTapps` photo browser is one example of the suite of commercially
available applications available from Fingertapps. As well as the simple task of
rotating two images simultaneously using four fingers, this application lets you
perform more unique interactions; separating and grouping multiple images
simultaneously using a two touch gesture.
* IdentityMine`s suite of multi-touch applications includes the IdentityMine
Product Selector solution starter. This Product Selector will make shopping and
browsing products easier for customers utilizing multi-touch. The solution
starter serves as a platform for companies to build a customized product
selector targeted at their individual store experience.
* Keisensedevelops input interfaces to provide accurate prediction and error
correction on various touch-driven devices. The context-driven predictive input
and search applications leverage innovations in multi-touch key input and
gestures on virtual keyboards across the new generation of sophisticated touch
screens.
* Natural User Interface Europe AB`s Snowflake Suite is a complete multi-touch
software pack that contains various applications for a wide variety of
industries, from gaming to education to entertainment and more. The suite of
applications demonstrates the endless possibilities of multi-touch technology
and how these concepts can be applied within different user scenarios.
* SpaceClaim`smulti-touch 3D design application is being developed for engineers
and industrial designers to bring the freedom of 3D Direct Modeling to the
product design process by providing flexible tools to create, edit, and validate
concept designs.
"Multi-touch is the natural progression of how the computing industry is
creating and enabling the necessary mobility to offer a more intuitive, natural
and personal way of computer interaction in our everyday life," said Amichai Ben
David, CEO of N-trig. "We are working as part of a new ecosystem that will
support the launch of Windows 7. It`s impressive to see how ISVs are creating
multi-touch enabled applications and taking advantage of true multi-touch
capabilities that utilize more than two fingers."
Video on YouTube Demonstrates Full Multi-touch Applications
N-trig`s newest video shows how new multi-touch applications have been developed
in collaboration with various ISVs, including: FingerTapps, Natural User
Interface Europe AB and SpaceClaim. The video shows a variety of software, from
gaming applications to high end engineering programs. The video can be viewed
at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSY-68YT7f8.
About N-trig
N-trig is revolutionizing the way people interact with computers by providing
the industry`s first dual-mode pen and touch input device. N-trig`s DuoSense
technology is the only combined pen, touch, and multi-touch interface for
today`s advanced computing world. N-trig`s DuoSense dual-mode digitizer uses
both pen and zero-pressure capacitive touch to provide a true Hands-on computing
experience for mobile computers and other digital input products over a single
device. DuoSense enables greater mobility and usability in the next generation
of computing devices and notebook PCs, enabling new market opportunities for
OEMs and ODMs to introduce computer products which offer a more intuitive and
interactive experience. N-trig`s digitizers are easily integratable, support any
type of LCD, and keep devices slim and light. N-trig`s technology can be
implemented in a broad range of products from small notebooks to large format
LCDs and can support a variety of applications including mobile, notebooks,
convertible and all-in-one computing, gaming, entertainment, multimedia and
more. Founded in 1999, N-trig is headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel with offices
in Austin, TX and Taipei, Taiwan. For more information, please visit
www.n-trig.com.
About Display Week 2009
The SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, now in its 47th year,
is the premier international gathering of scientists, engineers, manufacturers
and users in the electronic-display industry. The event provides access to a
wide range of technology and applications from high-definition flat-panel
displays using both emissive and liquid-crystal technology to the latest in OLED
displays and large-area projection-display systems. For more information on
Display Week 2009, visit www.sid2009.org.
About SID
The Society for Information Display (SID) is the leading international
professional society exclusively devoted to the advancement of
electronic-display technology, manufacturing and applications. Its international
headquarters are located at 610 South Second Street, San Jose, Calif. Visit SID
online at www.sid.org.
N-trig ISV Quote Sheet
FingerTapps
"Fingertapps is excited to be using N-trig`s innovative multi-touch screen
technology. N-trig system`s Windows 7 support is allowing Fingertapps to explore
new possibilities with its customers," said Ben Wilde, Product Manager, of
FingerTapps. "N-trig is successfully extending the boundaries of hardware
technology and providing us the ability to continue to extend the wide reaching
boundaries of our software."
IdentityMine
"Multi-touch technology is dominating the discussion in the area of nature of
interface (NUI), an area that IdentityMine is focused on for creating engaging
user experiences," said Kurt Brockett, Director of UX Evangelism at
IdentityMine. "Partnering with N-trig allows IdentityMine to collaborate with
one of the leaders in the hardware space to ensure our software conveys a truly
engaging experience."
Keisense
"By integrating Keisense`s predictive and gesture based input and keyboard
technology with N-trig`s multitouch on touch-based devices, we built a solution
that truly senses the user`s input intention. This combined approach offers a
superior user experience when interacting with touch screens, resulting in
simpler, more intuitive and accurate computing," said Santosh Sharan, President
and CEO, Keisense. "We`re also porting our text-driven navigation and search
solution to N-trig's multitouch technology to improve the user experience around
search, navigation and data interaction by leveraging the metadata of each
specific application."
Natural User Interface Europe AB (NUI)
"Partnering with N-trig to integrate its innovative multi-touch technology into
our Snowflake Suite was an easy choice for two reasons. First, the Duosense
technology is already built in and distributed worldwide by both Dell and HP;
and second, N-trig's high performance platform is very reliable and easy to use.
The simple and flexible multi-touch ecosystem N-trig supports makes it an
interesting platform for us to offer our software solutions on as we seed the
multi-touch market," said Harry van der Veen, CEO, Natural User Interface Europe
AB (NUI). "N-trig's commitment to making multi-touch technology mainstream in
the consumer market, combined with our efforts to offer compatible software,
opens news channels for us to reach a wide variety of market segments, covering
retail, education, gaming and many other verticals."
SpaceClaim
"N-trig was a strong choice for SpaceClaim to leverage the unique dual pen and
touch screen capabilities for our customers who are engaged in 3D solid
modeling," said Frank DeSimone, SpaceClaim`s senior director of research and
development. "N-trig has been a great partner working with us to ensure
integration between our 3D Direct Modeling solutions and their DuoSense
technology, to be supported with Windows 7 availability. With N-trig`s rapid
response and turnaround for updated drivers, we`ve been able to define our own
gestures and recognition to enable our customers to perform conceptual design,
solid model manipulation, and prepare for analysis using a multi-touch-enabled
display."
Contact Information:
Europe and Middle East:
N-trig, Ltd., 15 Atir Yeda Street, 2nd Floor, Kfar Saba 44643
Tel. +972-9-799-9600, Fax No. +972-9-799-9666, www.n-trig.com, info@n-trig.com.
North America:
N-trig, Inc., 3409 Executive Center Drive, Suite 216, Austin, Texas 78731
Tel. +1 512-351-8111, www.n-trig.com, info@n-trig.com.
Asia Pacific:
10F-2, #408, Rueiguang Rd., Neihu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan
Tel: + 886 2 2658 1337, Fax. + 886 2 2658 1367, www.n-trig.com, apac_info@n-trig.com
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