Microsoft wants Windows 8 running on any size screen that any manufacturer can produce, and they want those screens to offer touch input. 80 inches might seem like overkill, but just imagine, executives would love to have this on their wall, or in their boardrooms and Microsoft aims to sell this just like they do with Surface. It’s not for the general public.
It’s a whole lot more accurate to call something that size a touchscreen all-in-one, of course, but it illustrates one of the goals Microsoft has set out for Windows 8. They want it running on any size screen that any manufacturer can produce, and they want those screens to offer touch input. Shaw also mentions that every screen should be able to watch and not just be watched, which is a knowing wink at Kinect for PC.
It’s not Sharp who is working with Microsoft on the gargantuan touch PC as you might expect. Though the Japanese company showed off a similar 80-inch Aquos Board (pictured) at CES 2012, this one’s being built by an as-yet-unnamed partner.
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