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Visualplanet unrolls new 'touchfoil' for digital signage

June 19, 2012

Cambridge, U.K.-based visualplanet recently announced a new version of its touchfoil, aimed at helping to satisfy the exploding demand for touch solutions for the world's digital media player-based digital signage networks, the company said.

The latest touchfoil solution now offers digital media player digital signage suppliers and their customers the same capability to use the flexible yet robust touchfoil to create an array of interactive solutions that thousands of PC signage network users already enjoy, the company said.

Designed with simplicity in mind, all the touchfoil requires is that the player provide a simple standard HID mouse touchscreen driver with calibration capability, as the rest of the touchfoil setup is fully automatic. This means not only is it easily installed, the company said, but also, it is ready to go from the moment it's connected. To date, the touchfoil has been tested and is compatible with media players from Brightsign, Dzine and SpinetiX with others soon to be announced.

"The inspiration for visualplanet to create a digital media player-compatible touchfoil arose from the numerous approaches by the leading media player hardware manufacturers with the desire to create interactive solutions using the remarkable flexibility of our product," said Mike Cole, director of visualplanet. "Until recently this involved complex bespoke touch-driver development; however this new release removes this complexity and lets the customer focus on the more important issues of design, ease of use and driving maximum return on their investment."

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