Video: Introducing the New Cintiq 24HD multitouch by Wacom.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

Video: Introducing the New Cintiq 24HD multitouch by Wacom.

Experience professional creativity in new, pioneering dimensions. Immerse yourself completely in your creative process as you work naturally and directly on-screen -- zooming, panning, rotating and navigating with intuitive multi-touch gestures. 

The Cintiq 24HD touch offers life-like colours, displaying a full 97% of the Adobe colour space, and over one billion colours on its 24" HD display. The innovative stand enables you to quickly reposition the display into various ergonomic working positions, while sophisticated pen technology gives you extremely precise control over pressure-sensitive effects.

Explore your creative potential and push your productivity in design, image, video and art -- with the pioneering spirit of Cintiq 24HD touch, says Wacom.

Wacom claims that muti-touch, which can be used to manipulate a 3D model or to pan, zoom and rotate an image, helps create an immersive experience and natural way of working. "The Cintiq 24HD touch closely replicates the experience of working with two hands when using traditional materials such as paints, markers and clay while giving the artist powerful capabilities that only exist in today’s creative software applications," said a Wacom spokesperson.

Also minimizing keyboard dependency are two Touch Rings which are positioned on either side of the display and can be used to access frequently used shortcut commands and perform functions such as zooming, scrolling and changing brush size. There are also 10 customizable ExpressKeys (five on each side of the tablet), which can be set for application-specific shortcuts.

The counter-weighted stand of the Wacom Cintiq 24HD means it can be adjusted to bring the display surface over the edge of the desk, so that it floats just above your knees, or more vertically like an easel.

The Cintiq 24HD touch – which measures 30.3 x 18.3 x 2.5 inches (769.3 x 463.74 x 64 mm) and weighs 28.6 kg (63 lb) with the stand, 13.7 kg (30.2 lb) without – is expected to ship in August 2012 with a price of US$3,699.

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CES 2011: iTablet a New MultiTouch 21.5 - 27 Inch Overlay Debuts on CES

WorldWideTech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

CES 2011: New MultiTouch 21.5 - 27 Inch Overlay Debuts on CES to Revolutionize Mainstream PC Monitors

Demoing "Inception" the Multi-Touch way, PQ Labs delivers true Multi-Touch 21.5" - 27" products to change the way you work and play

PQ Labs Inc, the leading technology provider behind the magic of large Multi-Touch TV screens, iTables and multitouchWalls, announced the new 21.5", 24", 27" true MultiTouch screens on CES 2011 (South Hall, Booth 36384).

With PQ Labs true MultiTouch technology, the screen can detect and track up to 32 touch fingers simultaneously enabling a whole new way to interact with the computer (See Video). "If you've watched the movie 'Inception', you might be able to do the 'Inception' the Multi-Touch way, where you can build the 3D models and dream scene in the computer, control and interact with it naturally using Multi-Touch gestures", said Frank Lu, CEO of PQ Labs. "After you make some experiments and get a good new idea in the virtual world, come back to implement it in the real world." Watch the demo video to see how PQ Labs Multi-Touch overlay can change the way you work and play.

For years, Multi-Touch technology has been struggling hard to enter into mainstream non-mobile devices. Since PC monitors have substantially much larger screen area than an iPod or iPad, other technologies fail to provide the true Multi-Touch experience at an affordable price for consumers. Microsoft has been promoting Multi-Touch and Surface tables for years. However, the Surface table is priced at $12,500. And the price of the new Surface 2.0 to be available in late 2011 will start from $7,600. The price will be made more affordable, but it is still far away from the consumer market.

With PQ Labs' patented technology, smart new design and lower bill of material cost, you can now get yourself ahead of time to have true Multi-Touch experience directly from your computer monitors.

The suggested retail price of the new PQ Labs MultiTouch 24-inch overlay starts from $449 with Multi-Touch apps and SDK included. The basic version of the PQ Labs overlay can detect up to 6 touch fingers simultaneously and the Plus version can detect up to 32 touch fingers, which is more than enough for the size of a 24 inch screen. The 24" and 27" model will be ready to ship in January 2011, while the 21.5" model will be available in later Q1, 2011. The PQ Labs Multi-Touch overlay can work with any of your existing PC monitors or any new monitors off-the-shelf. Simply attach the overlay to your display and plug the USB cable to your computer, then get ready to experience of the whole new Multi-Touch user interface enabled. With the latest improvement in PQ Labs' patented technology, smart and lower cost True Multi-Touch hardware redesign, it might be a good time to upgrade your monitor at home or in the office to see how the future technology will change your life.