Zytronic gets designed into large interactive displays

Zytronic’s proprietary technology, branded ZyBrid, is multi-touch projected capacitive.

“The crucial difference between the first generation Pano Duo 49” table and Ideum’s new one is the transition from an infra-red touch frame to Zytronic’s all-glass printed sensor,” according to Zytronic. “This change in sensor technologies brings a host of benefits – most importantly, the interactive table has no bezel around the edges, making for a sleek easy-clean and modern appearance. Projected capacitive technology also helps simplify Ideum’s design process by enabling them to use their patented extrusion style construction.”

The table is over 2m long (2.25m diagonal), and large enough to support up to eight people interacting with it simultaneously.

Inside are two 49” commercial-grade LG UHD displays mounted end-to-end, overlaid by a single long ZyBrid sensor operated by Zytronic’s own ZXY500 controller, which links to a PC in the table’s base.

ZXY500 can register up to 100 independent touch-points in milliseconds.

The table is set to register 80 touch points, and the capacitive sensor and controller also support Ideum’s proprietary ‘Tangible Engine’ object recognition software – which enables users of the display to place a (specially designed) physical object that represents a chosen product on the touch table’s surface. Once placed, the user can then move the object and open interactive menus showing additional information related to the object or what it represents.

One of the first Pano Duo 49”s has been installed at the Röntgen Museum in Remscheid Germany, where visitors can view and interact with terrestrial and celestial objects and learn about the different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum – the museum is named after Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays and recipient of the first Nobel Prize for physics.

Besides the table installation, Ideum is to wall-mount a further two Pano Dual displays in another educational exhibit.

Ideum has a brief video of Pano Dual 49” table in use

Zytronic’s multi-touch technology is here