Panasonic demoed a new breed of TV remote control at CES 2009, featuring a bunch of smart talents including a multi-touch interface. Dubbed the Easy Touch remote controller, it’s currently just a prototype, but from what we’ve seen this next-gen RF navigator is definitely one to keep an eye on for all armchair generals.
Read on for more details on how the Multi-touch works and check out our full photo gallery of it close-up and in action.
Simply picking up the Easy Touch remote controller automatically switches it on, a feature Panasonic is calling Grab n Go. But by far the best feature is the Multi-touch aspect of the remote – those two silver pads are independently touch sensitive, meaning you can hold the remote in landscape mode and control onscreen action with two independent thumb gestures.
It’s tailored towards multimedia actions such as flicking though photos or resizing images by pinching and stretching gestures, as well as interacting with multiple video panes from a video download service or TV Widgets (one of the biggest trends of CES).
Check out our photo gallery of the Easy Touch remote controller…
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