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Re:Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch dis... by count on Thursday September 04, 2014 @01:55AM (#8266967)
Using a combo of two of those 55" PP displays at a MSFT meeting the other day was amazing. Drawing with the pens and being able to touch-interact with the screens as giant whiteboards, then click a button and emailing a pdf of the whole thing to everyone, while having PPT and Lync video conference on the other was simply awesome. I need that whiteboard capability. It's so much less 'janky' than smart boards and stuff (mostly because of the pixel density, the multi-interaction (pen is different than finger, etc.), and no projection required. It just feels natural/right - everybody loved it.
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Re:Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch dis... by endtime on Thursday September 04, 2014 @04:23AM (#8267219)
How much of that is about the hardware vs. the software? How much of the positive experience would be preserved if you ran the same software on a Surface Pro 3 and just cast the screen to a large monitor?
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Re:Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch dis... by fsiefken on Thursday September 04, 2014 @07:42AM (#8267646)
I've not used one (sounds awesome and exactly what i want), but to answer your question perhaps it's similar to the difference between using a mouse with a monitor compared to directly touch interfacing with the monitor. For for example Vassal boardgame, for which I bought my Iyama touch monitor there is a real experiential difference between using a mouse and your finger for moving pieces. Less seperated and more natural.
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Re:Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch dis... by rbanffy on Thursday September 04, 2014 @08:45AM (#8267855)
I feel allowing anyone on the meeting sharing the document and being allowed to draw on it from their seats would be awesome.

Where I work, we use Google Docs to conduct meetings and on-the-spot polls with up to 30 people (more than that tends to block the document) on different geographic locations.

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Re:Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch dis... by count on Thursday September 04, 2014 @11:22AM (#8268765)
That sounds neat, but I'm a huge fan of pointing and moving around like a crazy person in front of the whiteboard :)
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Re:Microsoft gears up to mass produce large-screen touch dis... by count on Thursday September 04, 2014 @11:21AM (#8268760)
The hardware was pretty good - I've never used a touch screen that sensitive. It did feel like drawing on a whiteboard.

The experience on the Surface Pro 3 is...not as awesome (while still good). The huge surface makes the difference.

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