Microsoft showcased its Pre-Touch sensing technology through a video posted on YouTube. The technology anticipates your fingers before they touch the screen and provide you with contextual menus adapted to the grip. “The technology provides a new approach to use interfaces on mobile devices,” says Vaikundarajan.
The device can track the movement of user’s fingers around the edges of the device whether or not the phone is held with two hands. “The touchscreen can sense the fingers in close proximity to the screen even before the user touches it,” adds Vaikundarajan. The technology will allow phones to anticipate user’s gestures and provides contextual menus based on how the phone is being gripped.
Microsoft Research also demonstrated dials for going through the timeline or adjusting the volume when watching a video. For instance, the interface of a video player adapts two handed views or one handed views. The users will typically access the progress bar to navigate to a particular point in the video or adjust volume with a horizontal slider on top. The technology reads these user patterns and acts accordingly.
“It is not clear if Microsoft will be using the Pre-Touch technology in its smartphones. However, if launched, it would be interesting to see if this technology can compete with Apple’s 3D Touch interface and other gesture-based interaction models,” concludes Vaikundarajan.
As per a recent announcement, Microsoft will launch Windows 10 operating system (OS) this summer. This version is a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users. This announcement was made on Tuesday night in an interview by Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Windows’ chief.
The new version of Windows 10 will be released in 190 countries and 111 languages. The good news regarding Windows 10 is that it’s a free upgrade not only for license holders but also for pirate users. “This means, the all genuine and non-genuine Windows users will get to use a licensed copy of Windows 10,” says Vaikundarajan.
Now millions of machines will get a free copy of Windows 10 even if a license has not been properly acquired. This move is made only for the customer to realize the use of a licensed Windows copy.
Microsoft is a largely used OS because of its user-friendly interface. So they have a history of non-genuine license users i.e pirate users. Microsoft Windows XP was the first OS with an activation license key but pirates manage to crack the Windows OS and share it on internet. Many a times new machines running a non-genuine copy of Windows are sold in the marker without the knowledge of the customer. “The piracy problem is huge in Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Now the move made by Microsoft to upgrade Windows 10 to all licensed and non-licensed users will help resolve this problem in every country,” Vaikundarajan hopes.
