Does this thing make anyone else puke a little bit?

[Drumstruck]

And you won't need a glove for your virtual tactility. It is all being done with electrostatic fields

Not quite the virtual reality I was talking about Nath - I meant more advanced and 3D virtual reality - no direct tactility - I don't think we'll see that until 128bit systems reach the general public If you saw the movie of "Lost in Space" WIll Robinson was using it to fight the spiders.

[Sammas]

And you won't need a glove for your virtual tactility. It is all being done with electrostatic fields

Not quite the virtual reality I was talking about Nath - I meant more advanced and 3D virtual reality - no direct tactility - I don't think we'll see that until 128bit systems reach the general public If you saw the movie of "Lost in Space" WIll Robinson was using it to fight the spiders.

Oh! That has gone so far over my head that I'll probably be confused for days.

[Chris H]

And you won't need a glove for your virtual tactility. It is all being done with electrostatic fields

Not quite the virtual reality I was talking about Nath - I meant more advanced and 3D virtual reality - no direct tactility - I don't think we'll see that until 128bit systems reach the general public If you saw the movie of "Lost in Space" WIll Robinson was using it to fight the spiders.

..........oh the pain, the pain!

[Sammas]

I don't want one either, but remember when people said steam would never be replaced? People growing up with this stuff will find ways to use it that we can't even conceive of, and if they like to use it, and like the sound of the music they make, well there you go. If digital came first and then someone invented analog tape recording, we'd all be poo pooing the crappy specs. I started recording when the Beatles were still together, and all I know is that you need money and boffins to keep an analog system up to spec. If you can afford it, great. If you can't, or don't have the technical skill, big analog can be a hissy crappy place. The search for the perfect control environment brings us many alternatives, some will succeed, others won't. It seems to me a great controller makes it easier to use custom and esoteric outboard rather than 96 channels of the same electronics. Compared to a large Neve or whatever, a touch screen and outboard MAY not be such a bad/expensive thing, especially given modern ways of working.
I'm just surprised that no-one has said "I'd like to see one in operation". Sorry folks, I think you're being really conservative. Mind you, I'd much rather see physical faders on that thing, but like I said, I don't even vaguely want one.

You might be right, Steve!

After tinkering with Windows 8 on an ACER multitouch display in the Good Guys yesterday, I should eat my words... I was actually quite impressed! Responsive. Quick. Very easy to navigate. Includes a bunch of customer hand gestures... heck, even the password to log on is a touch sequence! I am a hardcore apple user too.

I am surprised Apple hasn't jumped onboard multitouch support like Microsoft has (it isn't like touchscreen technology is unfamiliar to them). I imagine native multitouch support for applications like DAWs isn't far away at all!

...which leaves me to wonder, why do we need a $20k touch screen to do it?

[JamesM]

...which leaves me to wonder, why do we need a $20k touch screen to do it?

Exactly!

When you can buy one of these for 2k what future does the other thing have?

http://www.dell.com/au/p/xps-one-27-271 ... dhs&~ck=mn