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Home » Magazine Archive » 2009 » No. 12 » ThinSight: A Thin Form-Factor Interactive Surface... » Abstract
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ThinSight: A Thin Form-Factor Interactive Surface Technology
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/1867/111609_CACMpg90_ThinSight.large.jpg?1258565429&1258565426 "ThinSight interactive surface technology")
ThinSight technology can sense fingertips and hands near an LCD surface to enable multitouch interaction.
Credit: Microsoft Research Cambridge, U.K.
ThinSight is a thin form-factor interactive surface technology based on optical sensors embedded inside a regular LCD. These augment the display with the ability to sense a variety of objects near the surface, including fingertips and hands, to enable multitouch interaction.
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