Microsoft revealed yesterday (27) that its next operating system will have touch-sensitive interface. Windows 7, as it has been called, will feature a multi-touch system, demonstrated by the company during the "Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital" event in California.

With the application, the user can manipulate images with their fingers or play keyboards on the computer screen, for example. One demonstration The system is already on the web.

Bill Gates, co-founder of the computer giant, justified the multi-touch bet, stating that mouse and keyboard will be replaced by more intuitive forms of interaction. "The role of speech, vision and gestures will be enormous," he said. "The way you interact with the system will change dramatically. "

Last month, Gates said at a seminar in Miami that "sometime next year" we can see the launch of the new operating system. Officially, however, Microsoft says that Vista's successor arrives only in 2010.

Still, until then, Microsoft systems options will not end up in Vista. The company announced this year that it will once again extend the sales deadline of the XP system. The Home Edition version can be sold on low-cost PCs by June 2010.

Multitouch technology has been a bet by Microsoft since 2007. Proof of that is Surface, US touch table$ Ten grand. It has an image projector, infrared light emitters and five cameras attached to its base. When an object like a finger or a cell phone comes into contact with the surface of the screen, it reflects infrared light in a certain way, and the reflection is captured by the cameras at the bottom.

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	Bill Gates demonstrates "TouchWall", another Microsoft touch interface, during Summit

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