A few weeks ago, Microsoft came out with an original idea that was somewhat based on their Multitouch designs but at the same time took a view of Multitouch that was quite different from the one they had been preaching up to that point.  This view of Multitouch was one that called for both sides of a particular screen to have that kind of touch capability so that people using the products could manipulate the screen and the hardware by touching the back of the screen and in doing so not interfering with the view that was on the screen at that time.  The small screen combined with Multitouch was seen as the main weakness for this type of material and therefore Microsoft’s announcement regarding LucidTouch was one that sparked a lot of interest within the technology community.

While this LucidTouch technology did debut at a technology exhibit and a press conference a few weeks ago and in spite of Microsoft’s claims that they are advancing rapidly in terms of the progress of development, at the same time most technology experts believe that it will be some time before LucidTouch products actually debut in a format that can be purchased by the average person.

If you want evidence that LucidTouch still has a long way to go, then consider the predecessor Multitouch technology.  While Multitouch is currently available in the form of the Surface Computer, the Microsoft Surface at the same time is ridiculously expensive and the Multitouch at this stage is not really practical enough in terms of working with most applications on the market that the extra price is justified.  With Microsoft’s development of LucidTouch being less in earnest than with Multitouch (considering that most of their resources are still focused on the Multitouch and Surface Generation products), it is quite obvious that LucidTouch products will not be on the market anytime soon.