Transparent mega touchscreens could soon be used on trucks for mobile advertising or as windows in the home with the development of ZmartframeMax.

The device, which is compatible with any projector or panel display, can be set-up by hand and attaches to any flat surface, providing multi-touch capabilities similar to those in Minority Report.

It uses advanced optical touch technology to enable accurate, no-delay touch responses, and can reportedly be installed in just 15 minutes.

Users can then use it on a range of surfaces, from a wall to a whiteboard, table top or glass window. It can even transform a television into a fully interactive touch display panel.

Input methods include fingers, a pen or any non-transparent object greater than 5mm. It has a touch resolution of 32767 x 32767.



As Anthony Ng, CEO of inventors Gowin Technology explains, touch technology is fast becoming the most common input method, but has so far been restricted to mobile phone and tablets.

“We would like to bring affordable mega-touch technology alive, so in the near future we can see lots of applications with mega-touch technology, bringing us a more convenient and funny life,” he said.

“We have seen mega touchscreens in lots of movies, but not in real [life]. We want to realise and commercialise the tech into an affordable product for everyone.”

Ng believes that the technology will find a home in education, where it can be used for interactive teaching, in conference and business presentations as an interactive table, in advertising for interactive digital signage and possibly for mega touchscreens on vending machines.

However, he adds that the possibilities are “endless”. “[People could] build their own mega touchscreen anywhere and could install it anywhere, like the example on a truck as a mobile, super-large touchscreen for advertising.

“Maybe one day we can turn every window at home into a mega touchscreen for projection, and we can control the visual by our fingers – something like a mood creator.”

Developed by a group of eight optical and mathematics experts, it took 14 months to produce the first sample trial, but Ng says they are “confident” of moving on to mass production, and is currently crowdfunding to achieve this.

Alongside ZmartframeMax is Zmartframe, a second product that transforms a PC monitor into a giant android tablet.

This can be used with a majority of 19in to 22in LCD / LED monitors and works by connecting the HDMI cable from the Zmartframe to the PC monitor, creating a giant tablet It also supports Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

Images courtesy of Gowin Technology.