Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7
At Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference about a year ago today, Julie Larson-Green first introduced Walt Mossberg to Windows 7 and its multi-touch capabilities, which we call Windows Touch.
Microsoft first introduced multi-touch in Microsoft Surface. Since then, the Windows and Surface development teams have been collaborating closely on bringing multi-touch to Windows, and last year demoed a few applications they created to run on Windows 7.
Microsoft has now introduced the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7.
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.
In order to use the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7, you'll need a Windows 7 PC that supports multi-touch.
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, Microsoft will look at making the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 even more broadly available based on feedback from customers and partners.
The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is a great example of immersive experiences software developers can create for Windows 7 and multi-touch.
It consists of 3 casual games, and 3 Microsoft Surface applications that have been created for Windows 7.
