wraggster
July 9th, 2012, 22:41
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/02/dsc08018-1330533902-1330534113.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/microsoft-acquires-perceptive-pixel/)Microsoft has already expressed its fondness for Perceptive Pixel's (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/09/perceptive-pixel-shows-worlds-largest-projected-capacitive-disp/) gigantic capacitive touchscreens, which became apparent during a live demo at the company's Windows 8 presentation (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/29/microsoft-windows-8-on-82-inch-gorilla-glass-touchscreen-hands-o/) at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, but now that friendship has become a bit more official. During Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference keynote in Toronto this morning, Steve Ballmer announced that Perceptive Pixel would be coming in-house, with Microsoft acquiring the display maker. The move seems to be in line with the company's recent shift to hardware manufacturing, beginning with last month's Surface introduction (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/hands-on-with-microsoft-surface-for-windows-rt/) and its reinforced commitment to the recently renamed PixelSense (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/microsoft-pilfers-surface-name-from-Samsung-sur40/) smart table solution -- MS has just seized an opportunity to get a bit more hands-on. Full (limited) details are in the press release after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/microsoft-acquires-perceptive-pixel/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/microsoft-acquires-perceptive-pixel/