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Samsung, Microsoft's multi-touch offers interactive deployment for businesses

November 22, 2011

The SUR40 for Microsoft Surface is now available for preorder, according to a company press release, but shipments to customers aren't expected until January 2012.

Built on a Windows 7 platform, Samsung's SUR40 is an interactive, collaborative multi-touch display panel, offering a 4-inch profile as well as a large-screen size.

It integrates Samsung's LCD panel capability with touch technology, combining Microsoft's touch and object recognition algorithm to maximize the performance of its new type of touchscreen technology – Sensors in Pixel (SIP).

The SUR40 has a 40-inch full HD 1080p (1921x1080) LCD LED Pixel as Touch (PAT) panel made from the world's largest Gorilla protection glass for optimized screen durability and to protect from external shock and water ingress, according to the release.

It provides high-accuracy touch interaction from multiple people at the same time by utilizing optical tag recognition with more than 50 points of contact and object recognition as each pixel has a camera element. Its Natural User Interface (NUI) enables users to be able to 'grab' digital information with their hands and interact with content through touch and gesture.

Samsung's SUR40 also provides developers with the opportunity to build apps that are specialized to vertical user-case scenarios as diverse as hospitality, retail, public sector, professional services, healthcare and finance, to name a few. It can connect to a wide range of peripherals such as bar code scanners, cameras and printers through Wi-Fi (802.11.n), Bluetooth or Ethernet connections.

Cost

The SUR40 costs $8,400 for display only or $9,049 for a tabletop unit with stand.

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