Mike Elgan writes:
'' Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a Microsoft Research project at his annual CEO Summit today called TouchWall. The prototype is designed to demonstrate how inexpensive hardware could turn a large surface -- in this case a 6 x 4 foot screen -- into a dynamic touch display. So while Microsoft is investing millions in hardware it will never sell, where's the multi-touch version of Windows? Where's the fix for Vista?
The Gates demonstration shows what previous demonstrations by Jeff Han and others have shown, which is that the next great leap in PC user interface design will have multitouch, gestures and physics like the Apple iPhone. Read all about that great leap here. These demos also show that there are many different ways to put together hardware that enables this next-generation user interface.''
