Neonode 3D touch headed to tablets and phones: Hands-on
Announced last week, the new finger-tracking kit uses light rather than physical touch sensors: in Neonode’s demo, you can reach through the frame and control on-screen graphics. However, Neonode envisages special cutaway sections showing up on tablets, phones and laptops, allowing us to more precisely interact with the device UI. ...
By layering several of the optical sensors into the body of the new frame, however, the new tech can track far more than just pressure – it can follow motion of two fingers in 3D space. Neonode only develops the hardware technology, not the software – that’s left up to the company’s manufacturing partners...
Neonode says its optical touch sensors are cheaper to implement than even resistive traditional touchscreens, at less than a dollar apiece, and even the new frame version should be a similar price. It’s also artificially thick in this demo implementation: the final design could be as little as 2mm thick. ...
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