Forget 3D Touch, Microsoft is working on Pre-Touch sensitive displays

Forget 3D Touch, Microsoft is working on Pre-Touch sensitive displays:

Where Apple's 3D Touch forces you to press down hard on your smartphone screen to access related features, Microsoft's experimental Pre-Touch technology removes touching from the equation almost entirely! Redmond's pre-touch sensing works a lot like Samsung's Air Command functionality present in its stylus-equipped Note devices. It lets users hold the S-Pen stylus above the display to interact with it without touching the glass.



However, Air Command only responds to stylus input, whereas Microsoft's invention traces your fingers hovering above the smartphone's screen ...