Microsoft seals Perceptive Pixel deal, welcomes PPI team to the Office Division
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In case you haven’t noticed, Microsoft’s been in a blissful shopping mood lately — and while we already knew the company had snatched up the creator of that enormous 82-inch touchscreen, today’s the day a more formal introduction is taking place. Via its Official Microsoft Blog, the Redmond-based outfit is suitably welcoming the Perceptive Pixel team aboard the Office Division, also announcing that PPI’s Founder, Jeff Han, will be joining as a “general manager” and reporting to Kurt DelBene. Naturally, we’re still wondering what exactly the acquisition will bring to the table, but if Perceptive Pixel’s previous doings are any indication of what’s to come, we can expect some more delightful novelties to come out of Microsoft’s HQ in the hopefully-not-so-distant future.
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Microsoft seals Perceptive Pixel deal, welcomes PPI team to the Office Division originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Microsoft has announced that it will acquire Perceptive Pixel, a company specializing in research, development, and production of multi-touch interfaces. In case you’re new to Perceptive Pixel, the company was founded in 2006 by research scientist Jeff Han. Han is one of the main pioneers of multi-touch sensing technology. “By joining Microsoft, we will be able to take advantage of the tremendous momentum of the Microsoft Office Division, tightly interoperate with its products, and deliver this technology to a very broad set of customers,” Han said.
