Visual Planet pushing boundaries with touch-foil tech

Visual Planet recently announced that it has pushed the boundaries of its through-glass projected capacitance touch-foil technology, the ViP Interactive Foil, to a 167-inch diagonal active area.

This translates into standard display formats of up to 146-inch diagonal in 21:9 cinema screen format, and 116-inch, 16:9 format. With a completely flexible manufacturing process, Visual Planet can also meet the needs of the new customizable display technologies that have recently come to market, the company says.

As part of the new touch-foil sizing development Visual Planet also has produced a new controller and increased the number of X,Y fine wires in its 100µm transparent touch-foil sensor. This enhancement of the ViP Interactive Foil allows the technology to efficiently recognize touch over a greater surface area and to maintain accuracy without compromising the optical quality.

Even with these new sizes the ViP Interactive Foil supports the standard dual touch pinch and zoom gestures which exist within Windows XP, Vista and 7 operating systems without any additional application development.

"Our new sizing further enhances our position as the world's leading manufacturer of this technology," said Mike Cole, director, Visual Planet. "Large format through glass touch film technology opens up new revenue streams in retail and business communications by engaging the public with innovative and attractive messaging, providing you with effective return on investment. And our worldwide network of value added resellers enables us to deliver a truly interactive experience on a global scale."