A ‘touchscreen’ by definition is an input device normally
layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing
system. A user can give input or control the information processing system
through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen or more fingers.
Well!! That may change, as an expert team of Microsoft
researchers have developed pre-sensing technology that anticipates touch even
before it is physically touched. It may sound surreal, but the technology has
already been developed. Microsoft says it works by monitoring a variety of
different factors, such as speed at which fingers are travelling, location of
fingers in relation to the screen, the user’s hand angle etc.
Another exiting feature of Microsoft's new pre-sensing touch technology is the grip detection. Researchers say that the device, which is in the prototype stage, can determine if the user is single hand or both hands. With this, the display will then reveal menus and options that are optimized according to the user's hand placement.
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