“While touch is built into the “DNA” of Windows 7, we thought it would be fun to give you some applications that show what’s possible with this new way to interact with your PC. The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is a set of six multi-touch optimized applications and games that are designed to truly showcase the capabilities of Windows Touch in Windows 7,” LeBlanc added.
With the Microsoft Surface Globe, Windows 7 users will be able to touch the world brought to their machines via the Virtual Earth 3D engine. The 3D version of the globe was first demoed a year ago by, Julie Larson-Green, corporate vice president, Windows Experience, with the introduction of Windows 7. Microsoft Surface Collage is an app that allows end users to put together collages of their digital images using their hands and make the result the desktop background.
Microsoft Surface Lagoon has been migrated from Microsoft Surface to Windows 7 as the name implies. The Lagoon offers a screensaver that will respond to touch and multi-touch interactions; users will be able to play with their fingers in the water and watch the fish respond to their gestures.
“The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 will be available to PC makers (OEMs) who will have the option to pre-install some, none, or all of the applications available in the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 on PCs designed for Windows Touch (PCs that meet the logo requirements for Windows Touch) – so you should start to see these applications showing up on some touch PCs around the time Windows 7 is made broadly available. After general availability of Windows 7, we will look at making the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 even more broadly available based on feedback from customers and partners,” LeBlanc stated.
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