Microsoft with collaboration with Mitsubishi has ventured in their latest interface research and development project: the LucidTouch. The new interface adds double-sided touch to a 7-inch, handheld, Surface-esque panel. The new system reveals placement of a user’s hands behind the touch surface through the use of a mounted camera — though future iterations would use surface-based sensors to show the digits — and a touch pad mounted to the back allows interaction with on-screen objects. In addition to the panel itself, the designers have implemented “assistant” UI components that help ease use of the unique hand location, including a dragging system which allows you to “pass off” an object from one finger to another, and a customized keyboard layout that permits touch-typing at the somewhat awkward new angle. One of the areas researchers feel the technology could be implemented is gaming, but with creativity, more areas could be implemented.

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