14 DAY TRIAL // Without a doubt, multitouch technology will play a very important role in the future of workspaces and workstations, and one prototype solution that actually manages to provide an interesting glimpse at what the future holds in store for us is the BendDesk from the Media Computing Group.
Although we're only talking about a prototype model for the time being, the truth of the matter is that the BendDesk does hold quite a serious potential, as it will allow users to merge their virtual and physical working processes in a manner nobody might have thought possible only a couple of years ago.
According to the people over at the Media Computing Group, their main goal when creating the BendDesk concept was to overcome the problems one might have when required to move documents from the real to the virtual space, as well the differences occurring in the area of input solutions.
BendDesk is a multi-touch desk environment that seamlessly combines a vertical and a horizontal surface with a curve into one large interactive workspace, that can be used to display any digital content like documents, photos, or videos.
Furthermore, multi-touch technology allows the user to interact with the entire surface using direct manipulation and multi-touch gestures.
Plus, the Media Computing Group also took very seriously into consideration the topic of ergonomics, since the BendDesk has been designed in such a way as to allow users to easily place everyday objects onto it, without any fear of damage.
If you're curious to find out more on just how the BendDesk works and what you can expect from it as far as the operational experience is concerned, please watch the video we've embedded at the end of the article, available courtesy of the Media Computing Group.
All we can say is that we're really, really looking forward to seeing the BendDesk (or some other solution based on it) become a commercially-available device, although we're pretty sure that it will be some time before such a technology will become affordable enough to really become mainstream.