What is the long term strategy for touch technology in Wacom products?
Wacom sees a long term future of Multi-Touch becoming the dominant method of computer interaction and there will be various explorations and innovations in both hardware and software and the integration of the two. Thus Wacom’s commitment to touch technology is long term and Wacom introduces Multi-Touch technology in Bamboo as a first step. Three major computer market trends will result in a paradigm shift in user interface technology towards touch technology: Firstly, the computer becomes a digital lifestyle product in everyday life, so user needs are changing towards immediacy, creativity and personality. Secondly, simplicity and accessibility have become extremely important. As such, technologies at the forefront are those which enable experiences that are accessible, human, natural and simple and bridge the digital world with physical reality. Thirdly, the user interface of operating systems and applications is changing from text centric approaches to visualized content interfaces
