Exclusive demos of the Intel-powered MultiTaction interactive display technology at key London event

FOR RELEASE ON: TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012


MultiTouch Ltd, developer of the world’s largest integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display, will feature exclusively within the Intel® booth at this year’s Screen Media Expo (May 16-17 at London’s Earl’s Court 2). MultiTouch and its distribution partners will demonstrate the latest groundbreaking MultiTaction® Cell interactive display technology, which incorporates 2nd generation Intel ® Core™ i3 and i7 processors.

MultiTouch distribution partners Atracsys, Engage Production Ltd and uma will work alongside CAVI, the Danish Centre for Advanced Visualization and Interaction, to showcase a variety of corporate and experiential marketing applications on 42 and 55inch MultiTaction® LCD wall-mounted and table-top displays, throughout the Intel ® booth (D7).

Three 55inch MultiTaction® Cells will combine to provide a demonstration of Austrian partner uma’s SKIN™ (Semantic Knowledge Information Network) semantic display product, showing retail and corporate comms solutions for the OTTO Group and Siemens. uma recently added IBM as a SKIN™ client, utilising the product as a communication solution for its corporate lobbies.

A further two wall-mounted, 55inch MultiTaction® displays will showcase applications from UK partner Engage Production Ltd, including a multi-user presentation tool created for Vodafone India and a windtunnel application for Mubadala of Abu Dhabi. Engage will also demonstrate an application celebrating the English FA Cup competition on a 55inch MultiTaction® table.

Additional applications from CAVI and MultiTouch Ltd’s Swiss partner Atracsys will feature on one 42inch and two 55inch MultiTaction® display tables. Integrated service provider Atracsys is showcasing an interactive ‘chocolate profiling station’ application for a Swiss luxury chocolate brand, which allows consumers to discover their own personal chocolate profile.

“We’re delighted to be working with Intel ® at this year’s Screen Media Expo,” comments Hannu Anttila, Vice President, Services and Business Development at MultiTouch Ltd. “MultiTaction® wouldn’t be the success it is without the processing power of Intel ®, and we’re looking forward to demonstrating to attendees why it’s the leading interactive display technology, and what a 55inch, world’s-largest, integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display can do!”

MultiTaction® is MultiTouch’s latest technology platform for large-scale multitouch LCDs. Based on MultiTouch’s patented optical imaging technology Computer Vision Through Screen (CVTS), it provides the world’s most advanced set of touch, gesture and object recognition capabilities. MultiTaction® Cells are Full HD displays which can accommodate unlimited numbers of touch points and an unlimited number of concurrent users with full hand recognition; for larger, more effective installations, they are stackable up to 24 Cell arrays. The 55inch model – currently the world’s largest integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display – was followed by a 42inch version in early 2012.

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About MultiTouch Ltd.
MultiTouch is a leading developer of interactive display systems, based on proprietary software and hardware designs. It developed the world’s first modular multi-touch LCD screen for large-scale displays, and the world’s largest integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display (MultiTaction, 55inch). The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with U.S. offices in Santa Clara, California and New York City, and an office in Singapore. Its systems are currently in use in more than 40 countries around the globe.

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www.multitouch.fi & www.multitaction.com

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A white paper on MultiTouch’s use of the Intel Core 2nd generation products can be found at: intel.com

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MultiTouch Introduces Interactive Features For Museums and Permanent Exhibitions, Including MultiTaction® Wall and MultiTouch Augmented Reality Table

MUSEUMEXPO™, BOOTH #1702

FOR RELEASE ON: MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MultiTouch, Ltd., the world’s leading producer of multi-user interactive LCD displays, today introduced new interactive multitouch display features for museum exhibitions at the MuseumExpo™, the annual meeting and exhibition for the American Association of Museums (AAM). MultiTouch’s new features for its MultiTaction® Cells include new augmented reality applications; a large-scale MultiTaction Wall that supports unlimited number of concurrent users, and a Cornerstone Software Development Kit (SDK) that addresses the specific needs of museums and permanent exhibitions.

MultiTouch will also showcase applications from some of its leading global museum installations at MuseumExpo, including:

‘Avatar’ exhibition, at Science Fiction Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington
Augmented reality application where users can find movie-themed content by placing coasters on the displays

La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy
Interactive art installation where users can manipulate the original digital piece of art which returns to its initial state after a timeout

Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas
Application to commemorate the first space shuttle flight with built-in photos and video footage

Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada
Augmented reality application where mobster-printed coasters show their position and connections within their crime ‘families’

National Museum of Australia in Canberra, Australia
‘Never Enough Grass’ is an animated interactive exhibit that enables visitors to navigate landmark locations that played a key role in the development and expansion of the Australian pastoral industry. ‘Yiwarra Kuju’ is an interactive art installation that traces a famous aboriginal cattle route, the Canning Stock Route, in western Australia

University of Oregon Alumni Center (alumni search application) in Eugene, Oregon
Interactive access to the alumni database of the UO

Wells Fargo History Museums in various locations across the United States and India
Gold Panning game featuring digitalized images of real world gold nuggets

World’s Fair Shanghai
Massive wall (Muro de Chile / Wall of Chile) presents the map of Chile to interact with the sights and sounds of the country

The MultiTouch product line showcase at the Museum Expo includes an 8-foot-wide and 4-foot-tall interactive wall and a table-integrated MultiTaction 55” display that both highlight the industry leading multi-user displays targeted especially to museum segment.

“The museum experience is uniquely suited to multitouch applications, which engage visitors in an interactive dialogue with the themes and stories featured,” said Timo Korpela, general manager of MultiTouch Americas. “Museums present new information and perspectives on life, and we are able to create new worlds with multitouch applications that make exhibits come alive in new ways, especially through augmented reality and interaction to real life objects.”

About MultiTouch Ltd.
MultiTouch is a leading developer of interactive display systems, based on patented software and hardware designs. The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with U.S. offices in Santa Clara, California and New York City. Its systems are currently in use in more than 40 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.multitouch.fi.

MultiTaction® is a registered trademark of MultiTouch Ltd.

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you would like a color photograph of the MultiTouch MT550 displays; of Timo Korpela, general manager of MultiTouch Americas, or MultiTouch product or installation shots, please contact Chris Pfaff on 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

Experience the newest 42” MultiTaction Cells embedded with Windows 7 during the MultiTouch Roadshow:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120316-future-interaction-touch-screens

Note: This video clip is not viewable within the United Kingdom due to the BBC copyright policy

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The video can be watched at youtube.com/multitouchfi