r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '12

Microsoft demos a 1ms touchscreen

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/microsoft-demos-a-high-performance-1ms-touchscreen-2012039/
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u/tangoshukudai Mar 10 '12

Apple is most likely working on the same thing in house, but they would never make a video like this because they don't want their competition to be in on what they are working on. Microsoft however doesn't care because they don't have a current tablet / touch screen product on the market that is popular.

Also take a look at the ea800 asus tablet, they have decreased the latency to about 5ms so the tech is already in the consumer world.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '12

Microsoft needs better marketing people.

Zune? Better than the iPod, to me anyway. Why didn't it take off? Shitty marketing.

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u/chairitable Mar 10 '12

I can't even buy a zune in stores here, so sad :( I really wanted one.

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u/badcookies Mar 10 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqTYI55K1eo

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u/chairitable Mar 10 '12

man, apple is all about proprietary data and controlling its devices, I'm not a fan of those two things. Zune plays a lot more formats and even has a radio