Touch Screen ans Windows 8

[Minos 26]

Hi there,

Is it worth it investing in a Touch Screen for X-Plane 10 and will it be supported?

In other terms, will I be able to tweak instrument on the screen with my fingers?

 

Minos

[Longranger 148]

Hi there,

Is it worth it investing in a Touch Screen for X-Plane 10 and will it be supported?

 

Unlikely. Don't forget X-Plane supports three different plattforms and only one of them is Windows and only a part of the Windows community will shift slowly to Windows 8 and even fewer people will buy a touch screen for their windows.

[Florian Schuck 0]

Rather than jumping on a touch screen check out this device: www.leapmotion.com

 

looks very promising. For more demo videos as google

 

F

[HiFlyer 9,371]

Plus, big touchscreens look very very cool, but are surprisingly tiring on the arms to use continuously for any length of time.

[ahso 2]

Yes in conjonction with:

http://linuxgamingnews.org/2012/08/02/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game/

 

must be a cool experience. I believe already Doom3 BFG to support the above.

[ohsirus 241]

SimAvio supports XPX and touchscreens.

[Tierborn 189]

Unlikely. Don't forget X-Plane supports three different plattforms and only one of them is Windows and only a part of the Windows community will shift slowly to Windows 8 and even fewer people will buy a touch screen for their windows.

 

within two years time ... you will have a difficult time buying a monitor thats not touchscreen (my prediction)

[HiFlyer 9,371]

 

 

within two years time ... you will have a difficult time buying a monitor thats not touchscreen (my prediction)

 

If so, buy stock in a screen cleaner company now!

[Comanche 417]

Touchscreen sounds like it would be neat for some functions in a flight sim, but the fingerprints all over the screen does not appeal to the OCD in me. Rob

[Sweetwater 11]

Heh heh... I second that Rob!! My droid get's bad enough. That "LEAP" that Florian brought up looks cool even if only used for work applications... IMHO...

 

Jeff

[TakeOffAndScream 0]

I installed X-plane on a tablet and I could fly by touchscreen and use all cockpit buttons with ease. I used a touchscreen pen to avoid fingerprints.

 

LEAP looks great. Need to keep my eye on that.