Multi-touch was another known feature of Windows 7 which was already demoed in May of this year. The PDC 08 did not fail to provide additional information to the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7. New Hardware and APIs ensure that all applications that run on Windows 7 can provide multi-touch features to the user. Basis is the Windows Ink Service Platform Tablet Input System which receives, processes and sends multi-touch commands.
Microsoft is speaking of three application categories in this regard. Applications that have not been optimized at all for multi-touch, those that support support some multi-touch functions and finally those that have been developed to support multi-touch completely.
The following video is demonstrating some of the advancements since the first presentation in May. The language is unfortunately not English.
