Microsoft has signed an agreement to acquire the New York based developer of large touch-screen display monitors, Perceptive Pixel (PPI) for undisclosed sum.
The company plans to use Perceptive Pixel’s large screens in its Windows-8 based PCs, which the company is planning to release in October this year.
Microsoft Office Division president Kurt DelBene said the acquisition of PPI allows the company to draw on each other’s complementary strengths.
"PPI’s large touch displays, when combined with hardware from our OEMs, will become powerful Windows 8-based PCs and open new possibilities for productivity and collaboration," DelBene said.
Perceptive Pixel has developed an advanced multi-touch technology platform which responds to finger movements and a stylus at the same time.
PPI’s multi-touch platform enables professionals to get closer to their content, removing barriers to understanding, communication and collaboration, the company said.
Founded in 2006, the company said its technologies are used by different industries such as government, defence, broadcast, energy exploration, engineering and higher education.
Perceptive Pixel founder Jeff Han said, "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."
