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Ideum, 3M Collaborate to Enable High-Performance Android OS for 3M Multi-Touch Displays

Ideum's Platform 46 Coffee Table with Android applications previews at DSE 2014

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

As Android development continues to surge in popularity and the expectations for multi-touch interactivity becomes the norm for commercial applications, developing a high-performance Android OS solution for large-format, multi-touch devices, such as touch tables, kiosks and wall displays, has become increasingly important.

Now, due to the collective effort of Ideum and 3M engineers, Android developers in key markets, such as gaming and entertainment, retail, trade shows, museum exhibits and corporate environments, can create large-format, multi-user Android applications that utilize 3M’s multi-touch technology (up to 60 simultaneous touches) incorporated into Ideum’s line of table and kiosk products.

The first example of this high-performance Android OS will be exhibited on Ideum’s popular Platform 46 Coffee Table, which previewed a wide variety of multi-touch Android applications at the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2014, Feb. 12-13, Las Vegas.

“We think developers will be excited about the ease of authoring on the popular Android platform and the amazingly fast performance on our tables,” said Jim Spadaccini, CEO, Ideum. “Native Android OS support expands the possibilities for our multi-touch tables giving developers new options and providing end customers new and dynamic software solutions.”

“High-performance multi-touch Android applications are key in expanding the reach of 3M multi-touch systems and displays,” says Diego Romeu, global business unit manager, 3M Electronic Solutions Division. “And we are thrilled to work with Ideum’s engineering team to help bring Android applications to their multi-touch enabled tables.”

Ideum Platform 46 Tables combine Ideum’s innovative design and build-quality with 3M’s high-performance, multi-user 46-inch 3M Multi-Touch Display C4667PW display to create a rugged turnkey touch table with ultra-fast touch response time for fluid multi-touch interaction.

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