Boston, MA 08/08/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is working towards development of a touch-screen technology typically for mobiles which will allow users to type as if doing so on the keyboard. The Senior Researcher of the company, Hong Tan believes that today, the way users interact with their tablets and smartphones is not flawless and therefore the tapping experience should be improvised.
According to Tan, the user’s tapping or sliding experiences should not remain restricted to fingers doing so across the screen, rather it should offer a different sensation depending upon what exactly a user is tapping upon.
Microsoft’s New Technology
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) explains that if a user types something on the touch-screen, she/she would get a sensation like pressing a key on the keyboard and that is what the company was working upon.
The new technology will allow the users to actually “feel sensation.” For example, while tapping on the on-screen button, a user will feel as if mouse button has been clicked. Also, while dragging or dropping files somewhere else on the home screen of the device, the users will actually be able to “feel” or sense the folder’s weight.
Investigations Underway
At present, the Microsoft researchers are undertaking the investigations in respect with the various strategic feedback sensations which involve not just the software but also hardware. This is hinting towards the fact that touch responses changes would perhaps pertain to software features as well.
Modes to Achieve the Desired Effect
For achieving the effects as aforementioned, the company is making use of certain different and out of the box methods. For example, for getting keyboard sensation,Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will be putting a layer of certain kind of material beneath glass and this will bend under the electronic voltage. This means that when a user will press a key, the glass will be able to bend a little, giving that keyboard sensation effect.
Yet another method is electro-vibration, which works by making modifications in the voltage applied at the surface of glass.
