Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Getting Close to Release?

By Richard Hay, on December 10th, 2009

Well it looks like this download might be available soon for those of you with touch enabled PC’s. So what is the Windows 7 Touch Pack?

The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is a collection of games and programs that you interact with using your fingers. To use these games and programs, you need either a laptop with a screen that supports multitouch or a desktop PC connected to a touchscreen that supports multitouch (including all-in-one PCs with touchscreens).

According to this description page here is what you will find in the package when it becomes available for download:

Microsoft Blackboard, an intricate game of physics in which you solve a puzzle by creating a fanciful machine on a blackboard. For more information, see Touch Pack: How to play Microsoft Blackboard.

Microsoft Garden Pond, a tranquil game that takes place in serene Japanese water gardens. For more information, see Touch Pack: How to play Microsoft Garden Pond.

Microsoft Rebound, a game in which you use your fingertips to move Tesla balls with an electrical field between them to catapult a metal game ball into your opponent’s goal. For more information, see Touch Pack: How to play Microsoft Rebound.

Microsoft Surface Globe, a program that you can use to explore the earth as a flat 2-D map or as an immersive 3-D experience. For more information, go to the Microsoft Surface Globe webpage.

Microsoft Surface Collage, a program that you can use to explore and interact with your photos and arrange them as a desktop background. For more information, go to the Microsoft Surface Collage webpage.

Microsoft Surface Lagoon, a screen saver and interactive water simulation, complete with a meditative rock arrangement and playful, shy fish. Use your fingers to manipulate the water and have the school of fish respond. For more information, go to the Microsoft Surface Lagoon webpage.

So I wonder if this package will work on my netbook that responds to some touch gestures via the touchpad?

Richard Hay (3349 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.

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