N-trig shows off pen input-capable DuoSense multi-touch display

It seems like there isn't a week that goes by these days that we don't see another multi-touch display (homebrew or otherwise), and you can now add one more contender to the growing ranks, with N-trig set to debut its new DuoSense system at the SID International Symposium in Los Angeles this week. This one adds pen input capabilities to the usual array of multi-touch features, as well as the somewhat unique ability for multiple people to use the display simultaneously, which N-trig says makes the system ideal for gaming applications. N-trig also boasts that the technology works on "large format displays," but that apparently maxes out at a not-exceptionally-large 22-inches at the moment. Head on past the break for a video of the rig in action.

[iEye @ May 20th 2008 4:30PM]

Thank-You Apple for taking multi-touch main stream...

[scott.wedeking @ May 20th 2008 5:31PM]

Who?

[ScooterDe @ May 20th 2008 6:05PM]

troll elsewhere. Apple has always been a late adopter.

[wrabbit @ May 20th 2008 4:30PM]

I'm just waiting for a TouchMii system from Nintendo combined with touch-capable TV set and a game of boxing. That's gonna be a lot of people complaining about their broken fists. :D

[MeatyPi @ May 20th 2008 9:18PM]

TouchMii? sounds like a porno with Miis or some type of sick Wii game that will have an Adults Only rating and be banned in 43 countries.

[Ignatius @ May 20th 2008 10:57PM]

Touching is good.

[The 3rd Hot Dog @ May 20th 2008 4:31PM]

I'm not as blown away by multitouch now that we've seen so many lately - and this one seems a little jerky when it's handling pictures and maps.

The "game" seemed to run okay...

[Stan @ May 20th 2008 9:44PM]

Ung! I lost the game.

[ddub @ May 20th 2008 4:39PM]

Hmm, I don't usually call my computer monitor a "large format display". All this multitouch news without anything innovative is getting boring.

[jak0b @ May 20th 2008 5:04PM]

OMG to comments in and we allready have a nintendo and an apple fanboy! That's gotta be some kind of record in in fanboy-ism...
I like the headtracking idea but i want to see headtracking displays with a 3D input system...

[jak0b @ May 20th 2008 5:07PM]

*it should have said:
OMG two comments in and we allready have a nintendo and an apple fanboy! That's gotta be some kind of record in in fanboy-ism...
I like the multitouchscreenthingy but i want to see headtracking displays with a 3D input system...

[Dave @ May 21st 2008 12:19AM]

So the "some kind of record in in fanboyism" was purposeful? Interesting.

[ethana2 @ May 20th 2008 5:12PM]

I can't wait for MultiPointer X-- That's going to be very exciting for me ;)

[Nando @ May 20th 2008 9:04PM]

get a faster pc!

[Quikboy @ May 20th 2008 11:55PM]

Virtual Earth 3D is awesome. :^)

Though I think it's changed since this video.

[Ariel Picillo @ May 21st 2008 3:55AM]

Keber Abshalom ben Dawid A"H- Har HaZetim

[Kai @ May 21st 2008 12:23PM]

I thought this was the technology used in the dell tablet?

[jaime @ Apr 20th 2009 9:00PM]

This would be the ideal display for me if it was a wide screen 1080p display with some kind of customizable virtual keyboard that pops up when you need it, a really nice TV tuner and a nice set of speakers. Integrate the display, speakers, keyboard and mouse into 1. Keep the tower separate so it can be pimped out.