Multi-touch monitors? We all know Steve Jobs’ opinion on them: “touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical,” he said when previewing OS X Lion earlier this week. “It doesn’t work, it’s ergonomically terrible. Touch surfaces want to be horizontal.” Well, screw you, Jobs! Viewsonic has gone and created a doozy of a multi-touch monitor anyway!
The VX2258wm is ViewSonic’s first multi-touch display, with a roomy 22 inch screen and built in SRS speakers. It’s a Windows-certified touch screen which connects using USB to pick up multi-touch commands from Microsoft Windows 7 PCs. And no, before you ask, we’re almost certain Mac OS doesn’t support those finger swipes.
The multi-touch monitor uses Infrared Optical Imaging technology to detect your digits, and it’ll work with a stylus too, says ViewSonic.
The image underneath all those fingerprints and smudges is a full HD 1080p resolution, and tap-happy gamers will be chuffed at the zippy 5ms response time too.
Out now | £189 | ViewSonic
