New Mouse Sensor from Microsoft
Microsoft has been teasing us lately with an ad that boldly encourages us to “say Goodbye to Laser.” Not laser sabers, guns, Blu-rays or terahertz beams. No, Microsoft is ready to launch a new type of mouse sensors next month and claims that those laser sensors currently considered the best have nothing on their new technology. The new mouse will officially be launched on September 9.
Since Microsoft is not that good at keeping secrets and most of the time we get to catch a glimpse of their soon-to be-launched products way before the official announcement, Engadget went ahead and came up with some pics and additional info on the new mouse technology. Engadget found something on that German Amazon site, which seems to be allowed to post pictures and info sooner than official sources. It seems that Microsoft preps a new Explorer Mini Mouse for notebooks with "Blue Track" technology.
Apparently, the technology doesn’t use any fancy optics, just a blue LED in combination with a wide-angle lens. Rumor has it that this new combination will alow mice to provide smoother reactions on even more surfaces. The Blue Track stuff should be extended to all the other mice, including the gaming-grade ones.
So LEDs are making a comeback. I was expecting something more sophisticated, but I guess Microsoft knows better and we’ll get to see just how well this new technology performs in the weeks to come.
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