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Wacom force sensors are also in the pencil, but they get their power through induction or something from the tablet.
by drivers99 11y ago
Wacom force sensors are also in the pencil, but they get their power through induction or something from the tablet.
- ant6n 11y agoexactly (that's why they are called 'active digitizer')
- steckerbrett 11y agoInduction basically.
- ChrisClark 11y agoAnd everyone else uses batteries because of Wacom patents. At least that was the case 5 years ago.
- Gracana 11y agoOh, is that why? I thought current multi-touch technology interfered with the Wacom-style force sensor, but I could have imagined that.
- redxdev 11y agoNope. Surface Pro 1 (and 2?) used Wacom tech, had 10-point multitouch, and the stylus didn't need batteries or recharging. The induction stuff that Wacom does is pretty cool.
- ino 11y agoFrom what I remember when I had a wacom tablet in the 90s and 2000s, the tech was something like RFID where the active tablet would read the passive puck and stylus and get sub millimeter accuracy from triangulation. This included tilt and angle of the stylus. The stylus pressure and buttons was a sensor on the stylus that was sensed by the tablet. The screen or surface didn't have any sensors.
- 72deluxe 11y agoVery informative, thanks!
- cookiecaper 11y agoAnd Apple, the richest company on earth, can't afford a license, or what?
- rsynnott 11y agoBeyond the issue of whether Wacom wants to license it in the first place, even if they did, it's probably a high per unit cost (Wacom is a premium-pricing sort of company), and it's in the tablet, not the pen. What percentage of purchasers will even want the pen? I'm guessing it'll be pretty low.
- ant6n 11y agoDepends on software support. I remember with WinXP tablet edition, it came with 'Windows Journal', which was good enough to take all my classnotes.
- cwyers 11y agoWacom may well decide that the competitive advantage to them having better styluses than the ones Apple can make is worth more than any amount of money Apple could offer.
- aeontech 11y agoWacom may not be willing to license it.