A force-sensitive touch screen could provide another level of interaction for tablets like the iPad 2. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
The idea of a 3-D tablet or touchscreen is great, except that current hardware limits us to exploring that three-dimensional world in two dimensions.
Peratech?s QTC (?Quantum Tunnelling Composite?) Clear is a force-sensitive touchscreen that would change that. Philip Taysom, Peratech?s Joint CEO, says that the third dimension of pressure will let users ?more easily manipulate and control information on the screen.?
That means artists could better create digital masterpieces on touchscreens, musicians could play their iPad tunes with greater finesse, and gamers could have additional actions and controls in their favorite titles. Applying varied levels of force could determine how deep you penetrate through a 3-D user interface.
QTC Clear (sandwiched between glass plates) could entirely replace a resistive touchscreen, or be used to enhance a capacitive one. It?s 6-8 microns thick, and can sense multitouch gestures and pressure changes of only a few microns.
Almost no current is drawn by the screen when it?s not in use, making it less of a battery-hog than the capacitive touchscreens we?re using in devices now.
Previously, QTC technology was opaque, so its applications were limited. But QTC Clear, which, like its name suggests, is transparent, already has its footing in the industry: It?s already been licensed to an undisclosed ?leading touch screen manufacturer.? I can see the iPad 3 rumors lining up now.
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