Taking a page out of a science fiction novel, Microsoft's research labs have come up with a way for people to navigate computer images using their hands to change their point-of-view.
However, borrowing in equal measure from its recent business handbook, Microsoft is not going to develop the technology itself, but is instead licensing the technology, known as TouchLight, to a start-up.
Microsoft is licensing the idea to Eon Reality, an Irvine, Calif.-based company that will use it in its existing interactive products for the commercial, auto, aerospace and defense industries. Eon's current products offer 3D displays, but don't allow a user to interact via touch.
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