The touchscreen era !

Companies and institutions may have different needs for the business. The user experience is a determining factor for projects and the usability evaluation of touchscreen interface as well.

There are many variables to consider in choosing the technologies and components that should integrate digital kiosks and billboards. With several years of experience in the market, PARTTEAM & OEMKIOSKS has a wide know-how on the complexity of these new touch technologies and therefore there is certain evidence to consider:

– Installation location of the equipment: Indoor or outdoor solution ?

– How big is the equipment? Is the structure vertical or horizontal?

– Which software to use?

– How many users expect to use the equipment?

The truth is that there are numerous variables to be analyzed, so that the final product meets the expectations of the users. In this article, we will deepen some of these characteristics and see how they can influence the user experience, or how they can increase the complexity of the projects.

The Touchscreen Era 

The first touchscreen of the story was born through the British inventor E.A.Johnson. The equipment was developed to be used in air traffic control radars and lasted until the 1990s. The equipment was capable of handling only one touch (there was no multitouch support yet) and was binary, identifying only two positions: touch or absence of touch.

In 1982, Nimish Mehta, a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada, introduced the world’s first multitouch device. Until then, touchscreens were unable to identify more than one touch at a time. The touchscreen thus begins...

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Miguel F Soares, CEO, PARTTEAM & OEMKIOSKS