Multi-touch cheap as chips...

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Is it USB based, Martin, or HDMI with a USB interface for the multitouch?


On 5/21/10, Martin Naef <mnaef at navisto.ch> wrote:
> Hi Gert
>
> Quoting Gert van Santen <g.vansanten at chello.nl>:
>>> Ok, it's a bit more than a bag of chips, but at this price point, I
>>> definitely see multi-touch becoming a standard even if its use is a bit
>>> limited on a desktop...
>
>> Personally I don't really see the point of having a vertical monitor
>> with touch capability. It seems... awkward, and I think I would rather
>> use mouse, keyboard, tablet, etc...
>
> It's not as bad as it sounds, and the stand allows some flexibility
> how far you can tilt it back. I don't think the current form factor
> will exactly stay as it is, but the process has started now and
> vendors will come up with new ideas. The key point is: It's cheap. You
> don't have to give up something in order to get the touch capability.
>
> At the moment, I just use it as a secondary monitor for my project,
> but I do have some ideas like mounting it on the same rack as the
> keyboards to control the sequencer and soft-synths without keyboard
> and mouse (the latter two are not easily reachable while I'm playing).
>
>> Now an iPad or a tablet computer - that's different IMHO.
>
> Not for me. The stuff I do these days needs serious computing /
> graphics power which neither can provide. An iPad at my place would
> end up as a sophisticated media player which I don't need, and a
> low-end internet browser for which I generally prefer a lot more
> screen real-estate. But then, I'm kind of conservative in my attitude
> towards gadgets - barely any of them ever kept my interest for more
> then half an hour.
>
> Martin
>
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