Posted on Thu, May 10, 2012 @ 10:38 AM
New Active Stylus Enables Simultaneous Pen & Touch Directly On Screen,
Replicating Pen and Paper Experience
New York – May 10, 2012 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading provider of advanced user interface solutions, announces general availability of its active stylus, which enables simultaneous pen and stylus input, an industry first. While other solutions on the market require inefficient mode switching, the Perceptive Pixel active stylus delivers an entirely natural on-screen drawing or writing experience without the need to toggle between input modes.
The active stylus functions like a regular pen, allowing you to sketch, annotate, design, draw and brainstorm directly on Perceptive Pixel’s high-performance, true multi-touch, projected capacitive (pro-cap) displays. Use one hand to write or draw and use the other to reposition the on-screen object, just as you would with pen and paper. The company’s pro-cap displays detect an unlimited number of fingers and up to four simultaneous stylus inputs. Patented controller technology perfectly differentiates styluses from fingers while tracking input from each stylus separately and eliminating false touches. The Perceptive Pixel active stylus is sold as an accessory to its popular 27- and 82-inch displays.
Features include:
- Natural Interaction – annotate or draw directly on screen with your dominant hand while zooming or repositioning on-screen objects with your other hand
- Palm Rejection – the display recognizes and intelligently ignores palm or forearm touch input so that you can rest your hand comfortably on the screen as you write or draw
- Identity Recognition – up to four people can work simultaneously with a stylus on the pro-cap displays, each stylus with its own distinct input stream, which can be tracked and used by applications
- Hover Capability – the display sensor recognizes styluses as they hover up to ½ inch above the screen, enabling software to report additional information such as latitude/longitude, distance, time/depth, x/y/z coordinates and more, prior to engaging the screen
- Programmability – develop unique functionality or innovative stylus-enabled, multi-touch applications using the Perceptive Pixel API
- Precision & Pressure Sensitivity – a sharp point allows for sub-pixel precision and registers pressure to capture the nuance of your stroke as you write or draw
- Ergonomic Design – the soft-coated barrel of our active stylus is comfortable to hold and features a switch that can emulate familiar right-click, left-click mouse input or that can be programmed for any function
Bob Pette, COO and interim CEO at Perceptive Pixel says, “Being able to work so naturally on screen with a stylus is unprecedented. All other stylus solutions only register a single mode at a time. Our programmable stylus paired with simultaneous multi-touch input enables greater levels of performance and productivity across many industries. It will deliver a transformative experience to everyone from professional artists in product design to geoscientists searching for new petrochemical reserves.”
HP is a Perceptive Pixel partner and an early evaluator of the active stylus. Bruce Blaho, chief technologist, Commercial Solutions Business Unit, HP, and HP Fellow, adds, “While touch is great for sorting and analyzing information, fingers are not ideal for high-precision work. The Perceptive Pixel active stylus is perfect for HP workstation customers in design and creation, and it works seamlessly with touch -- an impressive breakthrough that will enhance the overall user experience and boost productivity.”
The Perceptive Pixel active stylus is a revolutionary new tool that leverages the latest advances in multi-touch technology to enable professionals from every industry to recapture the familiar and natural way they work with pen and paper. To learn more about the active stylus, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel is a recognized leader in interaction design, having pioneered the development of large-scale, unlimited multi-touch devices that came to prominence during the historic 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel’s advanced multi-touch technology platform enables professionals to get closer to their content, removing barriers to understanding, communication and collaboration. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
Media Contact:
Diane Carlson
Vice President, Marketing
Perceptive Pixel
Telephone #: 212-691-2210 ext. 335
Email: dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Posted on Fri, Apr 13, 2012 @ 08:51 AM
Broadcasters harness the power of touch to deliver compelling, interactive, real-time U.S. election coverage to viewers worldwide
New York – April 13, 2012 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading provider of advanced user interface solutions, today announced it will showcase its Election App at the NAB Show. The NAB Show, held April 14-19, 2012 in Las Vegas, is the world's largest electronic media tradeshow covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums.
Perceptive Pixel’s hardware and software solutions came to prominence during the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections when CNN used the technology as the centerpiece of their election coverage, dubbing the advanced multi-touch technology the “Magic Wall.” Since then, some of the world’s most respected broadcasters have used Perceptive Pixel’s platform to bring exciting, live election analysis and results to viewers around the globe.
Perceptive Pixel’s Election App features include:
- A map of the United States with the ability to drill down to state, county, congressional district, city and township level
- The ability to incorporate election results in real-time for up-to-the-minute reporting
- The ability to incorporate historical data (U.S. state-level provided) for comparative purposes
- Perceptive Pixel’s Touchcast technology which is integrated into the app itself for easy access to other touch-enabled applications, such as 3D maps and interactive graphics
- Customizable candidate colors and graphics
- Customizable city lists
- The ability to access demographic information and display it using heat map overlays
- The ability to incorporate a variety of media assets for display with a simple tap on a hot spot on the U.S. map
- Easy data manipulation and interaction via simple touch gestures and built-in telestration tools
Bob Pette, COO of Perceptive Pixel says, “Perceptive Pixel’s Election App for live election coverage is now available to broadcasters of all sizes. It will enable stations to deliver captivating, interactive election programming to their viewers to help them better understand the democratic process. Perceptive Pixel’s Election App on our multi-touch hardware provides a powerful platform for your 2012 election programming.”
To schedule a demonstration of Perceptive Pixel’s Election App at the 2012 NAB Show, please contact Felicia Yue, Director of Segment Solutions for Perceptive Pixel, at felicia@perceptivepixel.com.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel is a recognized leader in interaction design, having pioneered the development of large-scale, unlimited multi-touch devices that came to prominence during the historic 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel’s advanced multi-touch technology platform enables professionals to get closer to their content, removing barriers to understanding, communication and collaboration. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Media Contact:
Mary Bentley Houk
mbhouk@perceptivepixel.com
Posted on Mon, Jan 09, 2012 @ 02:00 PM
Corning Gorilla Glass Now a Standard Feature on the World’s Largest Optically Bonded Multi-Touch Display
New York – Jan. 9, 2012 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading developer of advanced user interface solutions, and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a world leader in specialty glass and ceramics, today announced that they will be demonstrating a prototype of Perceptive Pixel’s 82-inch advanced multi-touch LCD display featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 10-13, 2012 in Las Vegas (Corning Booth, # 12642). This prototype device represents the largest touch display to feature Corning Gorilla Glass, adding Corning’s thin, visually stunning and durable glass to the world’s largest projected capacitive (pro-cap) flat-panel display technology.
Perceptive Pixel’s 82-inch pro-cap flat-panel LCD display is the largest in the company’s array of true multi-touch solutions used by professionals across many industries including broadcast, defense and intelligence, energy, oil and gas, and digital content creation. The Perceptive Pixel 82-inch display features unlimited touch points and a remarkably slim form factor measuring just six inches in depth. It is optically bonded for ultra-low parallax, providing the most precise touch experience possible. By integrating Corning Gorilla Glass, Perceptive Pixel opens up new possibilities for organizations to use its 82-inch multi-touch display in a horizontal orientation where there is a greater risk of impact damage.
“We’re proud to include Corning Gorilla Glass, the toughest display cover glass on the market, in our revolutionary 82-inch multi-touch LCD display,” said David Slobodin, VP hardware engineering, Perceptive Pixel. “Gorilla Glass, combined with optical bonding, gives our customers extra confidence in our display’s durability while maintaining the outstanding image quality and ultra-precise, high-fidelity interactive experience Perceptive Pixel is known for.”
Continuing a 160-year tradition of innovation in materials science and technology, Corning has engineered Gorilla Glass as an environmentally friendly cover glass for high-end display devices. Corning Gorilla Glass has a unique composition and undergoes a chemical strengthening process, resulting in properties especially suited for use as a durable, scratch-resistant cover.
“Corning Gorilla Glass is ideal for use in the most advanced display technologies in the marketplace, from smartphones to large-scale displays,” said Dave Loeber, business director, Large Cover Glass, Corning. “The beauty and toughness of the glass make it the right choice for seamless and sleek designs, while its thinness allows for a high level of sensitivity to handle today’s most sophisticated multi-touch applications.”
To learn more about Perceptive Pixel’s 82-inch pro-cap flat-panel LCD display featuring Corning Gorilla Glass contact Diane Carlson, VP marketing at Perceptive Pixel, at dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com, or visit Corning’s booth in Central Hall (#12642) at 2012 CES.
About Corning Incorporated:
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel is a recognized leader in interaction design, having pioneered the development of large-scale, unlimited multi-touch devices that came to prominence during the historic 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel’s advanced multi-touch technology platform enables professionals to get closer to their content, removing barriers to understanding, communication and collaboration. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
Media Contacts:
Diane Carlson
Vice President of Marketing, Perceptive Pixel
212-691-2210 ext. 335
dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com
James E. Terry
Director, Communications, Corning Glass Technologies, Corning Incorporated
(607) 974-7343
terryje@corning.com
Posted on Thu, Nov 10, 2011 @ 08:00 AM
Leading Technology Resource for Broadcast and Professional Markets to Distribute Advanced User Interface Solutions New York – Nov. 10, 2011 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading provider of advanced user interface solutions, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with
Amber Technology, a leading distributor for a wide range of quality audiovisual products for broadcast, professional and consumer customers. Amber Technology is tasked with building a strong network of resellers in the Australasia region through which they will distribute a full range of Perceptive Pixel’s technology solutions across multiple industries including broadcast media; government, defense and intelligence; business; and education.
Professionals around the world have become accustomed to the intuitive multi-touch interfaces they’ve experienced while using their personal handheld devices. Perceptive Pixel has solved the challenge of scaling the most advanced multi-touch technology to desktop- and wall-size solutions, delivering increased productivity, improved workflows and faster, better decision-making. Through their partnership, the two companies will work to deliver a true multi-touch experience to organizations across industries in Australasia, redefining how these professionals collaborate, visualize and share mission-critical information.
“Organizations in our core markets and the software vendors serving them have performance expectations for multi-touch technology that are justifiably high, and they will not accept compromise,” said Ross Caston, General Manager, Broadcast and Professional at Amber Technology. “Perceptive Pixel has comprehensively overcome the barrier to true multi-touch at scale, and we are very excited about riding a wave of development using this new paradigm.”
Perceptive Pixel’s solution line-up includes its recently-launched
82-inch LCD display, the world’s largest optically bonded projected capacitive (pro-cap) display; a
27-inch optically bonded, pro-cap desktop display; and
55-inch,
88-inch and
160-inch frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR) displays. Perceptive Pixel also provides a robust set of software solutions that includes Storyboard, a software package which gives professionals the ability to quickly and easily integrate content from a variety of sources to create and deliver compelling, data-driven, rich-media presentations and briefings.
“Perceptive Pixel has transformed the way professionals work, whether they’re in defense, energy, broadcast media or other industries,” said Bill Trestrail, General Manager Asia-Pacific, Perceptive Pixel. “Amber Technology understands the demand for our solutions in Australia and New Zealand better than anyone, and we’re confident that partnering with them will help us to deliver this technology to a market clamoring for high-quality multi-touch experiences.”
Perceptive Pixel continues to build a strong global presence with distribution partnerships across the world. Click
here to learn more about the company’s pioneering technology offerings and continued global expansion.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel is a recognized leader in interaction design, having pioneered the development of large-scale, unlimited multi-touch devices that came to prominence during the historic 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel’s advanced multi-touch technology platform enables professionals to get closer to their content, removing barriers to understanding, communication and collaboration. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York. For more information, visit
www.perceptivepixel.com.
About Amber Technology:
Amber Technology is a leading distributor for a wide range of quality products for broadcast, professional and consumer customers. Our expertise fully and uniquely encompasses the supply, production and delivery of today's rich audiovisual experience.
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Media Contacts:
Diane Carlson
212.691.2210, ext. 335
dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com
Mark Van Hook
Articulate Communications
212.255.0080, ext. 33
mvanhook@articulatecomms.com
Posted on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 @ 08:00 AM
Industry Leaders Partner to Develop Professional Multi-Touch GIS Solutions New York–Oct. 18, 2011– Perceptive Pixel, the leading developer of advanced user interface solutions, today announced that it has joined the Esri Partner Network, a worldwide community of companies that develop and deliver cutting-edge geospatial solutions and services based on Esri technology.
Through this new partnership,
Esri, the market leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, and Perceptive Pixel will together develop revolutionary new GIS solutions that leverage Perceptive Pixel’s advanced multi-touch technology platform, giving business and government professionals the ability to analyze, collaborate on, and present complex geospatial information using the power and ease of true, unlimited multi-touch interfaces.
“This new relationship will immediately benefit both companies’ significant customer base in the government, defense, intelligence, broadcast media and energy industries, as well as the broader GIS community,” says Esri president Jack Dangermond. “GIS technology is about to take another leap forward with the emergence of new and innovative ways to interact with geospatial information. We are thrilled to be with Perceptive Pixel.”
“Esri understands the enormous possibilities that multi-touch offers for sharing and manipulating complex geospatial data,” says Jeff Han, founder and CEO, Perceptive Pixel. “They also understand that harnessing these possibilities requires new ways of thinking about developing software. We are proud to join the Esri Partner Network and anticipate that the solutions we build together will truly impact the way GIS is done.”
To see a prototype of our joint development efforts, visit Perceptive Pixel at booth #911 at the
GEOINT 2011 Symposium, October 16-19, in San Antonio, Texas. To schedule an appointment, please contact Mary Bentley Houk, director of marketing for Perceptive Pixel, at mbhouk@perceptivepixel.com.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, a recognized leader in the touch technology field, and focuses on the research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces for the knowledge worker. The company’s patent-pending technologies enable users to manipulate complex datasets through intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. The company’s products are used in broadcast, defense, energy exploration, geo-intelligence, industrial design and medical imaging. The company’s large screen, multi-touch products gained early recognition for transforming the way television covered the historic 2008 U.S. Presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel was awarded the 2009 National Design Award from the Smithsonian in the inaugural category of Interaction Design. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York, with offices in Portland, OR; Mountain View, CA; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
About Esri:
Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at
Esri.com/news.
Esri, the Esri globe logo, ArcGIS, GIS by Esri, esri.com, arcgis.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions.
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Media Contacts:
Mary Bentley Houk
mbhouk@perceptivepixel.com
Mark Van Hook
Articulate Communications
212.255.0080, ext. 33
mvanhook@articulatecomms.com
Posted on Thu, Oct 13, 2011 @ 08:00 AM
Industry Partners to Join Multi-Touch Pioneer in Demonstrating New Software Applications
for Government, Defense and Intelligence ProfessionalsNew York – Oct. 13, 2011 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading provider of advanced user interface solutions, today announced that it will showcase its interactive multi-touch hardware and software technologies at the
GEOINT 2011 Symposium (booth # 911), taking place Oct. 16-19, 2011, in San Antonio, TX. At GEOINT, the nation’s largest intelligence event of the year, Perceptive Pixel will join partners that include Lockheed Martin, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NVIDIA and others to be announced at the event to demonstrate new and existing software applications leveraging the company’s pioneering multi-touch offerings, including its projected capacitive (pro-cap), optically bonded displays and ground-breaking active stylus.
True, unlimited multi-touch offers defense and intelligence professionals a vastly more intuitive and efficient way to interact with complex geospatial information. Perceptive Pixel’s platform, which includes a full line of hardware solutions and software applications, leads the field in the quality of multi-touch interactivity and sets the standard for responsiveness, performance and reliability. At GEOINT 2011, the company will demonstrate:
- Perceptive Pixel Platform – Perceptive Pixel’s full solution offering will be available for demonstration, including its optically bonded, pro-cap 82-inch and 27-inch LCD displays, its 55-inch LCD display and its Storyboard presentation software with Touchcast for real-time interaction with remote applications. Additionally, the company will feature its new active stylus which, when launched later in 2011, will be the most advanced tool available for ultra-precise detail work in a multi-touch environment.
- Partner Applications – This year the Perceptive Pixel booth will include demonstrations of new software applications from partner Lockheed Martin and others. In addition, NRO (booth # 229), and NVIDIA (booth #212) will each demonstrate the power of Perceptive Pixel’s multi-touch offerings and application programming interfaces for defense and intelligence organizations.
“Multi-touch represents a growing frontier in government and intelligence technology, and our partners include some of the most respected organizations in this ecosystem,” said Bob Pette, chief operating officer, Perceptive Pixel. “Working together, we’ve just begun to tap into the enormous potential for using multi-touch to transform the way professionals in this field leverage technology to enhance their productivity; provide improved insights and analysis; and, ultimately, make better, faster decisions. The release later this year of our revolutionary active stylus, which will enable simultaneous pen and touch input, will accelerate this transformation and provide an entirely new way to interact with the massive amount of data these professionals work with every day.”
To schedule a demonstration of Perceptive Pixel’s solutions at GEOINT 2011, contact Mary Bentley Houk, director of marketing for Perceptive Pixel, at mbhouk@perceptivepixel.com.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, a recognized leader in the touch technology field and focuses on the research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces for the knowledge worker. The company’s patent-pending technologies enable users to manipulate complex datasets through intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. The company’s products are used in broadcast, defense, energy exploration, geo-intelligence, industrial design and medical imaging. The company’s large screen, multi-touch products gained early recognition for transforming the way CNN covered the historic 2008 U.S. Presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel was awarded the 2009 National Design Award from the Smithsonian in the inaugural category of Interaction Design. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York, with offices in Portland, OR; Mountain View, CA; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Media Contacts:
Mary Bentley Houk
mbhouk@perceptivepixel.com
Mark Van Hook
Articulate Communications
212.255.0080, ext. 33
mvanhook@articulatecomms.com
Posted on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 @ 08:00 AM
New 82" Wall Display Provides Professional-Grade, Large-Format, Multi-Touch Functionality in Slim LCD Form FactorVancouver, British Columbia, and New York – Aug. 9, 2011 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading provider of advanced user interface solutions, today announced the launch of its latest breakthrough product at
SIGGRAPH 2011, the premier international conference for computer graphics and interactive techniques. The company unveiled its 82" true multi-touch, projected capacitive (pro-cap) LCD display, the largest optically bonded flat-panel pro-cap display in the world. Featuring a remarkably slim profile, measuring just six inches in depth, the new offering expands Perceptive Pixel’s line of professional flat-panel displays, which includes a recently introduced 27" pro-cap desktop display.
Perceptive Pixel is changing the way professionals collaborate, communicate and share information, enabling more intuitive interaction with technology in industries as varied as design, government, finance, media and energy. For computer graphics and animation professionals, touch interactivity has opened up new possibilities for how they interact with and showcase their work. Perceptive Pixel’s new 82" wall display is ideal for use in creative, collaborative environments such as design reviews, concept pitches, storyboarding and brainstorming sessions, among others.
Features of Perceptive Pixel’s new 82" multi-touch LCD display include:
• Slim LCD form factor
• 1920 x 1080 full-HD resolution
• Optically bonded
• Ultra-low parallax
• 120Hz, touch response time of <1ms
• Mission-critical reliability
“No other company can deliver the precision and performance of our best-in-class optically bonded pro-cap displays,” said David Slobodin, VP hardware engineering at Perceptive Pixel. “Our new 82" multi-touch LCD represents a technological breakthrough that sets a new standard for the display industry.”
“Multi-touch has become fundamental to the way we interact with technology,” said Jeff Han, founder and chief scientist, Perceptive Pixel. “Five years ago here at SIGGRAPH, we introduced the first large-scale true multi-touch display based on rear projection technology. I’m proud to be back at SIGGRAPH 2011 with another industry first – a truly flat-panel 82" display featuring the highly responsive, unlimited multi-touch experience that is the hallmark of our company.”
Perceptive Pixel will be showcasing its advanced multi-touch solutions in the
NVIDIA booth (#453) at SIGGRAPH 2011. To schedule a demonstration of Perceptive Pixel’s new 82" pro-cap display and additional multi-touch offerings, contact Diane Carlson, VP of marketing for Perceptive Pixel.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, a recognized leader in the touch technology field, and focuses on the research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces for the knowledge worker. The company’s patent-pending technologies enable users to manipulate complex datasets through intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. The company’s products are used in broadcast, defense, energy exploration, geo-intelligence, industrial design and medical imaging. The company’s large-screen multi-touch products gained early recognition for transforming the way CNN covered the historic 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel was awarded the 2009 National Design Award from the Smithsonian Institution in the inaugural category of interaction design. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York, with offices in Portland, Oregon; Mountain View, California; and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit
www.perceptivepixel.com.
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Media Contact:
Diane Carlson
212.691.2210, ext. 335
dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com
Mark Van Hook
Articulate Communications
212.255.0080, ext. 33
mvanhook@articulatecomms.com
Posted on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 @ 09:45 AM
Multi-Touch Solutions Leader Heralds Milestone with Strategic Executive Team Moves New York – Aug. 8, 2011 – Perceptive Pixel, the leading provider of advanced user interface solutions, today announced that it will mark its five-year anniversary at
SIGGRAPH 2011, the 38th international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive technologies, held Aug. 7-11, 2011, in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to celebrating this milestone, Perceptive Pixel today announced that Bob Pette, formerly Vice President, Professional Solutions and Services, has been promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and that technology industry veteran Diane Carlson has joined the company as Vice President, Marketing. These strategic moves underscore the company’s continued growth and success in bringing professionals across many industries the most advanced multi-touch solutions in the marketplace.
Since its launch, Perceptive Pixel has been an authority in the field of human-computer interaction across a wide variety of industries from design and animation to government, finance, media and energy. The company’s product offerings, which include both interactive displays and touch-enabled software solutions, deliver the highest-quality multi-touch experience. Perceptive Pixel was initially known for its large-format displays, first introduced at SIGGRAPH 2006 and widely adopted in the government, media and entertainment industries. In 2008, CNN used Perceptive Pixel’s large-scale displays to transform election coverage, and other networks quickly implemented the technology for various segments of their daily broadcasts. In 2009, Perceptive Pixel was the recipient of a
National Design Award from the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum; and in 2010, 3M, recognizing the limitless potential of Perceptive Pixel’s technologies, invested in the company through its 3M New Ventures business. Perceptive Pixel’s most recent product is an ultra-high-resolution, optically bonded, projected capacitive 27" LCD display, which stands as the world’s first professional-quality multi-touch desktop display. At SIGGRAPH 2011, the company plans to introduce another innovative product that will once again raise the bar for professional-grade multi-touch solutions.
“There’s no better place than SIGGRAPH to mark our incredible success,” said Jeff Han, founder and CEO, Perceptive Pixel. “Since launching at the event in 2006, we’ve spent the last five years delivering true multi-touch to the professional user. These strategic additions to our team provide us with expert leadership, innovative thinking and powerful execution to further redefine the way professionals interact with both information and technology.”
In his new role as COO, Bob Pette will leverage his extensive industry experience at NVIDIA and Silicon Graphics to oversee the daily operations of the company. Diane Carlson, a technology industry veteran who has driven comprehensive marketing initiatives at Sun Microsystems and IntraLinks, among other technology firms, will work with the company’s leadership to create strategic alliances and further market awareness and adoption.
“With five years of consistent, solid growth, Perceptive Pixel has become the thought leader in true multi-touch technology,” said Pette. “Our new, groundbreaking 27" desktop-size multi-touch display is just one of the many innovative solutions in our aggressive product roadmap. We will continue to grow our ecosystem of hardware and software partners and execute on our mission to advance next-generation user interfaces for professionals across multiple industries.”
Perceptive Pixel will be exhibiting at the NVIDIA booth (# 453) at SIGGRAPH 2011. To schedule a demonstration of the company’s solutions at the event, contact Diane Carlson at 212.691.2210, ext. 335, or dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com.
About Perceptive Pixel:
Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, a recognized leader in the touch technology field, and focuses on the research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces for the knowledge worker. The company’s patent-pending technologies enable users to manipulate complex datasets through intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. The company’s products are used in broadcast, defense, energy exploration, geo-intelligence, industrial design and medical imaging. The company’s large screen, multi-touch products gained early recognition for transforming the way CNN covered the historic 2008 U.S. Presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel was awarded the 2009 National Design Award from the Smithsonian in the inaugural category of Interaction Design. Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in New York, with offices in Portland, OR; Mountain View, CA and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.
Perceptive Pixel and the Perceptive Pixel logo are trademarks of Perceptive Pixel Inc.
Media Contact:
Diane Carlson
212.691.2210, ext. 335
dcarlson@perceptivepixel.com
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 @ 11:22 AM
New 27" Interactive Display Redefines the Personal Workstation
Perceptive Pixel, the leading developer of advanced multi-touch solutions, unveils the world's first professional multi-touch desktop display, a high resolution, optically bonded, projected capacitive 27" LCD display at Display Week 2011.
This is the first and only solution with performance and a form factor appropriate for professional users in fields such as geo-intelligence, digital content creation, computer-aided design (CAD), energy exploration, medical imaging and other visualization-intensive sectors. The new 27" display empowers users to work directly on screen to access and manipulate complex data and workflows, leading to higher productivity and faster decision-making.
Perceptive Pixel is renowned for its large-format solutions such as the Multi-touch Walls® seen at many broadcast networks and the 55" LCD workstations deployed widely in government and defense installations. With the availability of a desktop-scale solution, professionals can now harness the power of Perceptive Pixel's advanced multi-touch interfaces in their daily work environment.
"This is literally the most advanced desktop display in the world," says Jeff Han, founder, CEO and chief scientist at Perceptive Pixel.
True multi-touch at this scale and fidelity was previously technically impossible. While projected capacitive technology is widely used in smaller handhelds and slates, it is notoriously difficult to deploy at large display sizes or if the sensor glass is placed close to a display due to electrostatic interference from the LCD panel itself.
To date, the industry has barely been able to achieve 24"+ diagonals; and in order to do so, manufacturers typically distance the sensor glass so far from the display, and with such a stiff thickness, that the resulting parallax makes the device unusable for serious applications. Worse, visual quality suffers tremendously from such a construction.
Perceptive Pixel engineers have achieved an industry first by optically bonding the sensor glass to the display, completely solving the parallax issue and resulting in gorgeous optics, while achieving an even bettertouch performance and an industry-shattering response time of under 1 millisecond.
"Our new 27" display is the first product to employ ourpatented projected capacitive (Pro-Cap) controller technology. It's a game-changer for the industry," says Han. "With our partners, we will fundamentally transform the way we work with computers. This new technology is a critical part of Perceptive Pixel's growth strategy, and it opens up tremendous opportunities for the display industry at large."
"NVIDIA Quadro GPUs and SDI capture cards help Perceptive Pixel continue to deliver state-of-the-art, multi-touch, interactive technology," said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions Group, NVIDIA. "Harnessing the power of Quadro to provide the best possible graphical touch experience in their new 27-inch display ensures the same incredible visualization performance that users enjoy with their larger systems."
The display is available immediately for purchase.
About the Perceptive Pixel 27" Multi-touch Display
Display
- Optically bonded
- 27" diagonal IPS (in-plane switching) LCD panel
- LED backlight
- Direct-drive zero-latency video processing
- Resolution: 2560x1440
- Colors (maximum): 16.7 million
- Viewing angle: 178° horizontal, 178° vertical
- Brightness (typical): 400 cd/m²
- Contrast ratio (typical): 1000:1
- Display response time (typical): 6.5 ms
Optically Bonded
- Results in very low touch parallax (the distance between the display image and the touch surface)
- Eliminates inter-reflections for crystal clear, uncompromised visual clarity
- Mechanically robust, durable surface
Patented PPI Multi-Touch Projected Capacitive Controller
- True full-field multi-touch sensing with unlimited number of simultaneous touches and palm/forearm/object recognition
- True zero-force sensitivity
- High SNR (signal-to-noise); passes the "back of the fingernail" test
- Operable with bare fingers, latex/vinyl/nitrile gloves, fingernails
- Perfect edge uniformity
- Fast constant 120Hz sample rate
- Ultra-low latency (under 1ms)
Industrial Design
- Huge interaction workspace, spaciously accommodating both of the user's hands
- Ergonomic flush-front bezel with oversized palm-rest border
- Innovative overscan sensing area
- Interaction surface is a thermally managed, chemically strengthened glass with anti-friction coating
- A variety of ergonomic articulating mounts offered
Posted on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 @ 10:03 AM
Storyboard™ and TouchCast™ are the latest multi-touch solutions for the broadcast industry
LAS VEGAS, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Perceptive Pixel®, the leading provider of advanced multi-touch hardware and software solutions, is showcasing its new Storyboard™ live presentation application and TouchCast™ technology at the 2011 NAB Show. Perceptive Pixel has strategic partnerships with broadcast industry veterans NVIDIA (booth #SL2728), VizRT (booth #SL5408) and WSI Corporation (booth #SL2812) and is doing live demonstrations of the technology.
Perceptive Pixel's new Storyboard application gives professionals the ability to quickly and easily integrate content from a variety of sources to conceive, create and deliver compelling, data-driven, rich-media presentations. Storyboard democratizes the process of building powerful, multimedia presentations with the simplicity and accessibility of an intuitive multi-touch interface.
With Storyboard, professionals at TV stations can effectively assemble on-air stories from an array of rich media content types and templates, then combine 3D motion graphics, up to 12 live HD video feeds, and live interactive applications such as WSI's TruVu Max, VizRT's VizArtist, Google Earth and others which have been integrated into the Perceptive Pixel ecosystem.
Perceptive Pixel's new TouchCast technology seamlessly hosts other multi-touch interactive applications, including those running on external servers, integrating them into a powerfully flexible, unified environment. This innovation is enabled by the unique capabilities of the NVIDIA Quadro Digital Video Pipeline. Perceptive Pixel's and NVIDIA's technologies have been tightly integrated at the deepest levels to provide the best possible graphical touch experience for the demanding needs of the broadcast industry.
The effective communication of ideas is essential for driving business growth. Perceptive Pixel is leading the charge to empower business professionals across all industries to collaborate more effectively with their peers using innovative multi-touch solutions that take communication to a new level.
About Perceptive Pixel
Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, a recognized leader in the touch technology field, and focuses on the research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces for the knowledge worker. The company's patent-pending technologies enable users to manipulate complex datasets through intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. The company's products are used in broadcast, defense, energy exploration, geo-intelligence, industrial design and medical imaging. The company's large screen, multi-touch products gained early recognition for transforming the way CNN covered the historic 2008 U.S. presidential elections. Perceptive Pixel was awarded the 2009 National Design Award from the Smithsonian in the inaugural category of Interaction Design.
Perceptive Pixel is privately held and headquartered in NYC with offices in Portland, Palo Alto and Washington D.C. For more information, visit www.perceptivepixel.com.