3M Says Its Multi-Touch System Means Almost No Lag

jonniee writes "3M has rolled out a 22-inch digital display capable of 20-finger multi-touch input with less than 6 millisecond response time. The monitor incorporates 3M's Projected Capacitive Technology based on mutual capacitance operation theory. The result produces a silky smooth response that has almost no lag in execution."

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Hypeware?

[hairyfish]

Does anyone else think that touch technology is gonna end up being mostly hype? I get to play iPhones, Android, iPad etc as part of my job, and always end up going back to my Laptop and Blackberry. The touch interface has cool factor and works for small quick input (eg phone, quick game, ebook etc) but for productivity nothing beats keyboard and mouse (and gaming with k&m is unbeatable too). The whole touch thing to me reeks of gimmick value. A small percentage of usefulness but the fact that you have to always check you input to ensure you've touched the right place, means it will never compete for speed with a tactile touch type keyboard with a mouse. Thoughts?