Perceptive Pixel

<h2 id="background">Background</h2>
The company begain in 2006 as Perceptive Pixel, Inc., headquartered in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> and maintaining offices in <a href="/facts/Mountain_View%2c_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View</a>, <a href="/facts/Portland%2c_Oregon/wwBx1Hrv">Portland</a>, and <a href="/facts/Washington%2c_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> Prior to the company's establishment, founder <a href="/facts/Jeff_Han/ERvs33ev">Jeff Han</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> publicly demonstrated multitouch hardware and software technology at a <a href="/facts/TED_(conference)/Sc3JxnA1">TED</a> conference in February 2006.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> The company was founded later in the same year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> Subsequently, it shipped its first Multi-Touch Workstation and larger <a href="/facts/Multi-Touch_Collaboration_Wall/woUsbTBz">Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall</a> in 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> The latter gained widespread recognition for transforming the way <a href="/facts/CNN/kEYsUQqr">CNN</a> covered the <a href="/facts/2008_United_States_Presidential_Election/GEIXYxXu">2008 US Presidential elections</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> In 2009, the <a href="/facts/Smithsonian/pqC74ta9">Smithsonian</a> awarded Perceptive Pixel the <a href="/facts/National_Design_Award/9J2PUuds">National Design Award</a> in the inaugural category of <a href="/facts/Interaction_Design/6aKgJFNW">Interaction Design</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> Throughout its history as a startup company, Perceptive Pixel had focused on ultra-high-end touch displays that were sold to large businesses in key niches.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>

<h2 id="microsoft-acquisition">Microsoft acquisition</h2>
On July 9, 2012, Microsoft CEO <a href="/facts/Steve_Ballmer/8Yrdmxkp">Steve Ballmer</a> announced that they would <a href="/facts/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Microsoft/F34A1AhH">acquire</a> Perceptive Pixel Inc. in a transaction that closed three weeks later on July 31.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a>[better source needed] At that year's <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Worldwide_Partner_Conference/b3nTQQXH">WPC conference</a>, Ballmer stated the company hoped to use its newly acquired technology to enhance its <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">Windows 8</a> operating system.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> Han also stated that the sale could allow their products to be more broadly available.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>
On January 21, 2015, Microsoft announced the <a href="/facts/Surface_Hub/BDUYTp4x">Surface Hub</a> during its Windows 10 launch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a> The new product was described as a next-generation device under the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Surface/9J4JzCyg">Surface</a> brand and was developed by members of the Perceptive Pixel team.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.perceptivepixel.com/">Perceptive Pixel</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
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<li id="fn:2">"Can't Touch This". Fast Company. February 1, 2007. <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/112/open_features-canttouchthis.html" target="_blank">http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/112/open_features-canttouchthis.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen". TED. August 1, 2006. <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:8">"CNN clarifies complex caucus cavalcade with new 'Magic Wall'". CNN. January 4, 2008. Archived from the original on February 21, 2008. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080221014655/http://broadcastengineering.com/newsrooms/cnn_clarifies_complex_caucus/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080221014655/http://broadcastengineering.com/newsrooms/cnn_clarifies_complex_caucus/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"John King of CNN Revels in His High-Tech Election Night Toy". New York Times. April 22, 2008. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/arts/television/22king.html?scp=1&sq=perceptive%20pixel&st=cse" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/arts/television/22king.html?scp=1&sq=perceptive%20pixel&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"Interaction Design - National Design Awards 2009". National Design Awards. <a href="http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2009/category/Interaction-Design/" target="_blank">http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2009/category/Interaction-Design/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Fried, Ina (July 9, 2012). "Interview: Multitouch Pioneer Jeff Han on Why He Sold His Company to Microsoft". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2023-10-23. <a href="https://allthingsd.com/20120709/interview-multitouch-pioneer-jeff-han-on-why-he-sold-his-company-to-microsoft/" target="_blank">https://allthingsd.com/20120709/interview-multitouch-pioneer-jeff-han-on-why-he-sold-his-company-to-microsoft/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"Breaking: Microsoft Buys Perceptive Pixel". <a href="http://www.insideris.com/breaking-microsoft-buys-perceptive-pixel/" target="_blank">http://www.insideris.com/breaking-microsoft-buys-perceptive-pixel/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">"Microsoft buys large-screen maker Perceptive Pixel". BBC News. 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2021-04-09. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19062196" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19062196</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Fried, Ina (July 9, 2012). "Interview: Multitouch Pioneer Jeff Han on Why He Sold His Company to Microsoft". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2023-10-23. <a href="https://allthingsd.com/20120709/interview-multitouch-pioneer-jeff-han-on-why-he-sold-his-company-to-microsoft/" target="_blank">https://allthingsd.com/20120709/interview-multitouch-pioneer-jeff-han-on-why-he-sold-his-company-to-microsoft/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">McCracken, Harry (June 10, 2015). "The Untold Story Of Microsoft's Surface Hub". Retrieved October 24, 2023. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3046819/the-untold-story-of-microsofts-surface-hub" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3046819/the-untold-story-of-microsofts-surface-hub</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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