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Interactive Touch

Interactive touch has become the next ‘it' feature

Implications - In 2007 we saw interactive touch-screen surfaces make ordinary tasks more efficient through virtual organization. We saw advertising, promotional opportunities and virtual portfolios increase. In 2008, we saw touchscreen technology replace human services and give consumers more autonomy.
Trend Themes
1. Touchscreen Technology - Interactive touchscreen surfaces have become more efficient, advanced, and versatile with touchscreen replacing human services, thus leading to various new opportunities.
2. 3D Images/displays - 3D images have infiltrated restaurants and bars by streamlining the ordering process and increasing ease of access for customers.
3. Interactive Learning Environments - Interactive learning environments have changed how students are learning in-classroom. They have opened a wide variety of options in the education sector, leading to a new era of education technology.
Industry Implications
1. Hospitality Industry - The Hospitality Industry has been influenced by touchscreen technology and 3D imaging in the form of touch screen seats or wine dispensers.
2. Education Technology Industry - Interactive learning environments have led to a new era of education technology, from touchscreen tables to increased information access.
3. Retail Industry - Touchscreen registers have changed the game for the retail industry, increasing efficiency and speed when it comes to customer orders.
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Featured Examples

play_circle_filledTouch-Screen Menus
Touch-Screen Menus
Restaurants & Bars with Interactive Tabletops
A wave of ubiquitous computing is sweeping the world, with incredible inventions like touch-screen tabletops hitting restaurants and bars, allowing for waiterless ordering with interactive menus, or sheer… MORE
Where Disco & Touch-Screens Meet
Where Disco & Touch-Screens Meet
Eyecandy Sound Lounge and Bar
If you're heading to Las Vegas you have to check out the Eyecandy Sound Lounge and Bar. Where else can you find touch-screen tables in the world renowned entertainment capital? The chic bar is inside… MORE
play_circle_filled3D LCD Table Menu
3D LCD Table Menu
TEC Tobidasu Menu
We’ve seen a variety of futuristic dining approaches, like Baggers, the waiterless restaurant in Germany, and now we see the TEC-designed pop-up Tobidasu Menu built into restaurant tables. Customers… MORE
Emotion-Sensitive Cell Phones
Emotion-Sensitive Cell Phones
TouchMan Shares Your Feelings Visually
The TouchMan cellphone concept can become a piece of furniture which allows its user to communicate in a very personal way with relatives, friends, coworkers, etc. The communication becomes extra personal… MORE
play_circle_filledFuturistic Classroom Desks
Futuristic Classroom Desks
SynergyNet Multi-Touch Table
A few years from now, classrooms will be experiencing a vast, but great, change. That is if SynergyNet gets approved and applied. SynergyNet is a multi-touch table designed specifically for education.… MORE
Wine Vending Machines
Wine Vending Machines
The Skybar
The Skybar Wine Preservation and Optimization System is an absolute must-have for connoisseurs. This vino vending machine has three self-regulating compartments which store bottles of wine at the optimum… MORE
Touchscreens for Salespeople
Touchscreens for Salespeople
BMW Showrooms Get High Tech
In South Korea, BMW is using touch screen displays to enhance the sales process. A sales associate can quickly highligh vehicle features, play videos, and even help you customize your ride. Expect technology… MORE
Touch-Screen Restaurant Registers
Touch-Screen Restaurant Registers
The EPOS Lite
The EPOS lite is a concept design for a hi-tech cash register. The device, ideal for restaurants, has a touchscreen interface and a built-in menu, the design for which was inspired by the Apple MacBook… MORE
Touchscreen Jukeboxes
Touchscreen Jukeboxes
Dual Screen IntelliTunes
This revolutionary new digital touchscreen jukebox from IntelliTunes features two LCD screens and wall-mount chassis, so you don't need to part with any space to accommodate it. The wall-mounted design… MORE
Ballparks with Touch Screen Seats
Ballparks with Touch Screen Seats
Cisco Field
This confirms that a man’s attention span should now be measured in nanoseconds. When Cisco Field is finished reconstructing the ball park for the Oakland A’s, each seat will have a touch screen that… MORE