NextWindow introduces 2700 Touch Overlay

PLEASONTON, Calif. — NextWindow is launching its 2700 Touch Overlay, a new line of multi-touch-enabled touchscreens, at InfoComm 09 in Orlando, Florida this week.

The NextWindow 2700 Touch Overlay turns any large display, such as a plasma or LCD, into an interactive touchscreen that provides full mouse-like functionality. Users can click, drag, double-click and right-click simply by touching the screen. NextWindow will demonstrate the 2700 Touch Overlay in its booth, #2287, this week at InfoComm.

The NextWindow 2700 is ideal for public-facing applications such as digital signage or directories located in shopping malls. Visitors in a mall might use their fingers to scroll through a list of retail stores, resize windows to view a variety of content simultaneously, or click through product videos or other interactive media. Proprietary multitouch functionality from NextWindow enables users to pan or zoom images using simple pinch and swipe techniques.

The 2700 series also is a natural fit for business-office and classroom environments. Combined with annotation software, the NextWindow 2700 becomes an interactive whiteboard enabling executives and teachers to deliver more impactful presentations. With a finger or any pointing device, the user can annotate and highlight important information. Or, if an error is made, users can select the virtual eraser or undo feature to start over again. Interactive whiteboards are not only more versatile, dynamic and engaging, but the notes users make onscreen can be saved and e-mailed to everyone after the meeting.

The NextWindow 2700 utilizes sophisticated optical-imaging technology and a robust design to provide a durable, full-clarity solution that is very suitable for high-traffic, public-facing applications. Since it is merely an overlay, the 2700 can be easily installed by the end-user or system integrator without opening the enclosure or voiding the display warranty. Since there are no proprietary drivers to install, users are assured compatibility with most any software application. The 2700 Touch Overlay also supports Windows 7, Microsoft's next-generation operating system which will offer multitouch functionality.