A Perceptive Pixel display in action.
(Credit: Perceptive Pixel)
Microsoft has acquired Perceptive Pixel, a company specializing in large multitouch displays.
Perceptive Pixel made a name for itself in 2008 during the U.S. presidential election after several networks used its technology to power their large touch-displays. (Remember CNN's "Magic Wall?") Since then, the company has largely been operating under the radar and improving its technologies. This year, it announced the first-ever simultaneous pen and touch technology for its hardware.
Perceptive Pixel's hardware page currently lists 27-, 55-, and 82-inch LCDs on its Web site.
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Although Microsoft didn't say for sure what it has planned for Perceptive Pixel, the company's president of the Office division, Kurt DelBene, said that its "large touch displays, when combined with hardware from our OEMs, will become powerful Windows 8-based PCs and open new possibilities for productivity and collaboration."
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