[October 12, 2011]

MultiTouch Ltd. Creates New Paradigm for Large Interactive Touch Screens

MultiTouch, Ltd., developer of the world's first modular multi-touch LCD screen for large-scale displays, today announced the introduction of the world's largest integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display, the MultiTaction^® Cell 55". The product, a 55-inch display, is the first to emerge from the company's new software and hardware platform for large-scale multitouch LCD displays, MultiTaction. Initial customers for the MultiTaction Cell 55" include Intel (News - Alert)^® Corp., U.S. digital agency Momentum and Norwegian interactive design firm One Communication.

The MultiTaction Cell 55", the world's largest integrated multi-user LCD multitouch display, can be stacked for massive wall displays, embedded in customer furniture, and can accommodate unlimited number of touch points and an unlimited number of concurrent users with full hand recognition. (Photo: Business Wire)

The MultiTaction Cell 55" launch video can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/multitouchfi#p/a/u/0/7ve44jMgrvk

Photos of the MultiTaction Cell 55" can be viewed and downloaded from http://multitouch.fi/about-2/photos/

The MultiTaction Cell 55" will be introduced during the MultiTaction Global Demo Tour in the coming months. The first stop will be the Millennium Hotel London, Knightsbridge (17 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9NU) on Wednesday, October 19 and Thursday, October 20 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Stops in Berlin, Munich, New York, Santa Clara and Singapore are to follow. Please check the dates and locations near you at http://multitouch.fi/2011/10/11/multitaction-global-demo-tour/

MultiTaction builds on MultiTouch's patented optical imaging technology Computer Vision Through Screen for multitouch displays, and provides the world's most advanced set of touch, gesture and object recognition capabilities. The MultiTaction Cell 55" is a Full HD display that is four inches deep on the sides and eight inches deep in the middle, can accommodate unlimited number of touch points and an unlimited number of concurrent users with full hand recognition.

With an ultrafast response (200+ frames per second), MultiTaction units are designed for interaction with real-life objects - whether drinking glasses, 2D barcodes, or game pieces, for example - and can be stacked to any size or shape using tens of units. The product's frameless thin bezel design enables MultiTaction to be embedded in custom-designed urniture. The smooth edge-to-edge front glass on the display unit is a first for any multitouch display. Further information and a white paper on MultiTaction can be found at www.multitaction.com.

Watch MultiTouch CTO Tommi Ilmonen demonstrate and discuss the new MultiTaction Cell 55": http://www.youtube.com/multitouchfi#p/a/u/1/kIwpc1PDQWY

"The years of research and market development that we have poured into creating MultiTaction have finally yielded what we now know to be the industry's next platform for creating powerful multi-user multitouch displays," said Petri Martikainen, CEO of MultiTouch Ltd. "By working with the world's leading interactive developers, we have carefully listened to our customers and developed technology that can be used by what we know will be a large community of multitouch software developers committed to touching the future."

The MultiTaction Cell 55" uses the 2^nd generation of Intel^® Core™ family of processors, which enable faster response to multiple touches.

"The combination of Intel's 2^nd generation Core processors and multitouch-enabled display solutions is enabling new brand interactive experiences for end-users that are both engaging and enjoyable. These experiences can effectively address new interactive consumer patterns in public and retail environments," said Adrian Whelan, director of new business at Intel Corporation.

MultiTaction's most significant advancement is that its optical multitouch sensor technology is integrated with the backlight and infrared emitters into integrated circuit (IC) boards, creating a modular camera system that can scale up to more than 100-inch high-resolution displays with the same slim design.

Among other breakthrough features, the MultiTaction platform eliminates the single most troublesome characteristic of optical touch displays, which is sensitivity to external lighting, such as sunlight, spotlights, and other external light sources. MultiTaction incorporates a new hybrid tracking technology that combines shadows with infrared reflections for smooth performance in any environment.

"When sourcing new technologies for interactive engagement, we always seek answers as to whether we can create something that is at least a step ahead of where our initial thinking lies, and the MultiTaction product opens up new avenues for our interactive work," said Jon Stanley, the director of production, Chicago-Momentum Worldwide. "The elegance of the MultiTaction Cell product, and its reliability, are key drivers for us in making multi-user multitouch a much larger part of our innovation portfolio."

"We have produced a number of multi-user multitouch installations for clients, and have found the MultiTaction Cell product to be the desired platform for creating collaborative experiences for professional and consumer applications," said Christian Nytvedt, the Creative Leader of One Communication. "The MultiTaction technology provides us with essential building blocks for creating our dream of the Collaboration Space multi-user environments. We are look forward to implementing this with our client projects."

Introduced to the global market in 2009, the MultiTouch Cell product family has been sold in more than 40 countries, and installed in some of the most prominent international venues, including the recent Space Shuttle exhibit at NASA's Space Center Houston; the Patina installations at Acme Brick stores; the Wall of Chile installation at the Chilean Pavilion at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China; the 'One Road Interactive' exhibit at the National Museum of Australia; and the Siemens (News - Alert) Identity Display in Vienna. The Cell products are used for retail, advertising, exhibitions, museums, broadcast, education and design.

The MultiTaction Cell 55" is available now for orders direct from MultiTouch or through MultiTouch resellers around the world.

For more information, please visit www.multitouch.fi and www.multitaction.com, as well as the MultiTouch YouTube (News - Alert) channel at http://www.youtube.com/multitouchfi, and www.twitter.com/multitouchfi for further MultiTouch updates.

About MultiTouch Ltd.

MultiTouch is a leading developer of interactive display systems, based on proprietary software and hardware designs. The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with U.S. offices in Santa Clara, California and New York City. Its systems are currently in use in more than 40 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.multitouch.fi.

MultiTaction® is a registered trademark of MultiTouch Ltd.

Intel® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries

Intel Core™ is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you would like a color photograph of Petri Martikainen, CEO of MultiTouch Ltd., or MultiTouch product or installation shots, please contact Chris Pfaff on +1-201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50026286&lang=en

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