15 Best Real-Life Examples of Interactive Touchscreen Experiences

Are you looking for inspiration to create a truly engaging and interactive touchscreen technology experience for your customers or visitors?

At POPcomms, we’ve been at the forefront of developing interactive touchscreen solutions that simplify complex ideas and leave lasting impressions across industries like manufacturing, engineering, and healthcare.

Touchscreens are a powerful way to merge the digital and physical worlds, and with rapid advances in technology, user expectations are evolving. Touch interfaces are transforming industries by enabling intuitive operation and seamless touch interaction, making digital experiences more accessible and engaging.

Personalization, virtual reality, multi-touch hardware, 3D models, and AI are now key drivers of engagement. Effective user interfaces and thoughtful interface design are essential for creating engaging touchscreen experiences that are both visually appealing and easy to use.

With endless possibilities, interactive touchscreen can deliver highly creative and impactful experiences. To spark your imagination, we’ve compiled some of the best real-life examples, showcasing how leading brands are redefining interactivity. Keep reading to find a touchscreen example to inspire your next project!

Custom Learning Designs (CLD) for User Interface Design

CLD, a global leader in personalized educational solutions, revolutionized their trade show presence with innovative interactive touchscreen technology. Faced with the challenge of effectively showcasing their complex products and programs, CLD turned to POPcomms to create a visually stunning and reliable solution.

At the heart of the experience is the cutting-edge “Lift & Learn” RFID technology, which enables seamless interaction and engagement at high-stakes trade shows. The touch screen interface is designed for seamless user engagement, allowing visitors to intuitively interact with the system and access information with ease.

Visitors can physically lift tagged items to trigger related content on the touchscreen, making complex concepts easier to grasp while captivating their audience. Each touch event is detected and processed by the system, which interprets the interaction and displays the relevant information instantly. This approach has not only elevated CLD’s booth design but also ensured a flawless technical performance, with an integrated display that combines both visual output and touch input, solving past issues with glitchy demos.

The result? CLD’s interactive touchscreen experiences have become the highlight of events like LTEN, drawing in larger crowds and leaving a lasting impression.

This transformative solution has set CLD apart from competitors and streamlined their internal processes, enabling continued innovation in customer engagement and educational excellence.

2. Canpack Virtual Factory Tour

As the world’s fourth-largest manufacturer of beverage cans, glass bottles, and food packaging, Canpack sought an innovative way to showcase their extensive product portfolio and state-of-the-art production capabilities. POPcomms delivered an immersive touchscreen solution for Canpack’s global customer experience centers, revolutionizing how customers engage with their offerings.

The interactive touchscreens, powered by advanced touch screen devices, allow visitors to explore Canpack’s production facilities through a virtual factory tour, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their cutting-edge manufacturing processes. These devices utilize capacitive touchscreen technology for high-resolution sensing, ensuring a seamless and responsive user experience. As users interact with the virtual tour, the system accurately detects touch location on the screen, enabling visitors to access detailed information about specific areas or products. Additionally, customers can compare products side by side, gaining deeper insights into their features and benefits. The integration of Lift & Learn technology further enhances the experience by enabling users to interact with physical cans and uncover details about specialist coatings with a simple gesture.

This blend of virtual exploration and tactile interaction has transformed Canpack’s customer engagement, making complex packaging solutions accessible and engaging. By immersing visitors in their products and processes, Canpack not only showcases their expertise but also strengthens their customer relationships through memorable and impactful experiences.

3. GEA Showroom Experience

GEA, a global leader in systems for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors, transformed their customer engagement with an innovative mobile showroom powered by POPcomms’ interactive touchscreen technology. Designed to showcase their advanced machinery, plants, and process technologies, the mobile showroom provided a dynamic, hands-on experience for customers worldwide.

Equipped with multiple touchscreens that serve as both an input device and a display, the showroom allowed visitors to explore GEA’s complex solutions at their own pace. If the hardware supports it, multi touch screens enable enhanced interaction, allowing multiple users to engage simultaneously or perform complex gestures. From interactive sales presentations to videos and detailed product displays, the platform made it easy for customers to visualize intricate technologies and understand their benefits. The touch interface enabled intuitive exploration of content, making the experience seamless and engaging. An interactive map and the ability to zoom in on specific features added further depth to the experience. When navigating the system, a well-designed user interface and thoughtful UI design ensured usability, visual clarity, and a positive user experience.

On an impressive tour, the showroom visited 19 countries and 73 cities, hosting over 160 open-truck show days and more than 100 trade events. Along the way, thousands of visitors engaged with GEA’s solutions in an impactful, memorable manner.

“We wanted a modern, engaging solution for trade shows, something that would work offline, include touchscreens, and offer user-friendly navigation. POPcomms gave us an eye-catching digital tool to showcase our products with videos and interviews—ideal for promoting our offerings.”

Olga Bryzgalova, Marketing Manager

This cutting-edge solution has revolutionized GEA’s trade show presence, enabling the team to make meaningful, face-to-face connections with customers and leaving a lasting impression.

4. Roche

As the world’s largest biotech company, Roche faced a significant challenge: managing and delivering quick access to a vast portfolio of in vitro diagnostics and other innovative healthcare solutions. With ever-evolving compliance requirements and a growing library of PDFs, videos, and presentations, Roche needed a solution to streamline information retrieval for customers, employees, and sales representatives.

POPcomms partnered with Roche to develop ServiceBox, an interactive digital directory designed to simplify access to critical information. This visually striking tool integrates with Roche’s global asset and content databases, enabling users to quickly search and retrieve relevant resources in real time. The user interface design of ServiceBox incorporates drop down menus to streamline information retrieval, making navigation intuitive and conserving screen space.

ServiceBox has been transformative for Roche, providing:

• Instant access: Sales reps and employees can access compliance documents, product details, and multimedia resources at the touch of a screen.
• Enhanced visibility: The tool provides a clear view of Roche’s extensive portfolio, making it easier for internal teams to manage and present complex information. Its user interface design emphasizes effective use of white space and clear primary controls, ensuring a clean, uncluttered experience and straightforward navigation.
• Improved customer experience: ServiceBox ensures that customers can explore Roche’s offerings efficiently, improving engagement and understanding.

5. Antillion

Antillion, a leader in defence and first responder communications, partnered with POPcomms to create an interactive touchscreen experiennce for industry exhibitions. Designed to simplify complex technologies, the experience allowed visitors to intuitively explore Antillion’s innovative solutions while booking workshop sessions on current and future trends. The advanced touch interfaces provided intuitive operation and seamless touch interaction, making it easy for users to engage with the system.

The touchscreen’s immersive design successfully engaged exhibition attendees, capturing the essence of Antillion’s mission while maintaining clarity and impact. This innovative approach showcased Antillion’s expertise, leaving a lasting impression on their audience.

6. GSK

GSK partnered with POPcomms to create interactive touchscreen experiences that educate healthcare professionals (HCPs) and the public on critical health topics.

The Rotavirus Web App uses videos and stories to raise awareness of vaccination benefits, accessible across any device. The integration of multimedia content—such as images, videos, and interactive diagrams—makes learning more engaging and effective. At roadshows, the Vaccinate for Life Digital Hub features expert interviews and QR codes for deeper content exploration, offering HCPs quick and engaging access to key topics through intuitive touch screen hardware.

For ViiV Healthcare, a GSK-affiliated leader in HIV treatment, POPcomms developed a gamified interactive quiz to engage HCPs at events with dynamic questions, live scoring, and prizes, making learning both impactful and fun. Each touch event on the touch screen triggers a new question or action, ensuring a seamless and interactive experience.

These tools have enhanced GSK’s ability to connect, educate, and leave lasting impressions on their audiences.

7. Woodbots Pilots

“Relax. Take a deep breath. Spread your wings and fly like a bird. How quickly you can reach the goal?”

If gaming is your thing, Woodbots Pilots from RISE Interactive is a delightful example of interactive technology at its most playful.

Based in the reception area of Skellefteå Airport, this experience takes place on an 82-inch touchscreen. The use of advanced touch devices with multi-touch gesture support and enhanced input accuracy creates an immersive gameplay environment. You control characters known as ‘Wood Bots’ via an uber-modern 3D camera – so your own movements control theirs, and navigate through your gaming environment.

It’s not only a lovely way to spend time waiting on your flight (or for your loved ones returning), it’s also the brainchild of a research project originally intended to tie together various industries and businesses in the Skellefteå innovation-driven region. The project also explores new forms of human computer interaction, highlighting how touch interfaces are transforming user experiences.

Apparently, it’s an experience “born out of pure northern creativity” – which is partly why we love it so! After all, creativity’s what we thrive on.

Check out the video below:

8. Eyecatcher

Next on our list is another beauty from RISE Interactive – this time a 3D prototype which combines eye-tracking with a gestural camera. Eyecatcher started off from the idea that dirty hands and tech aren’t a good combination – but what could human-machine interaction in the processing industry look like in the next five to 10 years?

That was the brief posed by ABB Corporate Research, and RISE got to work showing how operators can navigate on a computer using both their eyes and gestural hand movements to retrieve the data they need. The developer (formerly known as Interactive Institute) says they took inspiration from the games industry.

Here’s what Ru Zarin, an Interaction Designer at RISE, had to say about the explorative approach of the project:

“We have been working together with ABB for several years, building prototype concepts for the future, and we keep track of current technology. ABB already had connections with the Swedish company Tobii and ABB knew that we were interested in exploring the use of Microsoft’s Kinect Camera.”

You’ll see from the video below that technically it’s not exactly a touchscreen, as you don’t need to touch! By eliminating the need for physical contact, this system offers improved hygiene and usability benefits compared to traditional touch interfaces.

Valo Motion’s Augmented Climbing Wall with Multi Touch Gestures

Wouldn’t it be great to whack a virtual bat or kick meteors before they fall to Earth in order to keep fit? We certainly think so!

Featured as a demo at ISE 2018, this augmented climbing wall from Valo Motion (a Finnish game developer and hardware manufacturer) is just so innovative and fun – essentially turning it into a massive interactive touchscreen. The wall uses advanced touch screens, specifically projected capacitive touch technology, to enable large-scale interaction on its surface.

The good news is, you can actually try it out here in the UK – along with other countries including France, Spain, Germany, Benelux, Canada, China, and Thailand after their partnership with Valo Motion and Entre-Prises. These touch screens support multi-user engagement, allowing several people to interact at once using multiple fingers for complex gestures and gameplay. Pretty nifty, eh?

Gaming combined with fitness is always sure to be a winner, and we’d personally love to give this a try – doesn’t it look fun?!

Digital Information Wall and Interactive Whiteboards

We call this Digital Information Wall from teamLab ‘shopping of the future’ – and we love it! This was its beta version, but it’s essentially a touchscreen building guide and display window for retail in Shibuya, Tokyo.

The result is a huge interactive touchscreen wall that individuals can use to browse products they’re interested in from every shop within the shopping centre its located in – with up to 1,000 photos being displayed on the screen at any one time.

It uses a capacitive touchscreen panel, featuring a sleek glass surface as a key component of the display. Capacitive touch technology enables precise and responsive interaction, allowing for accurate multi-touch gestures. As with most capacitive screens, the system is designed to detect input from a bare finger, which interacts with the electrostatic field to register touches. Capacitive touchscreens are the underlying technology powering this wall, making it intuitive and familiar for users. All shoppers have to do is click on a photo to bring up more detailed information on each product, along with its sales location and related products they might also be interested in.

This is just a fantastic example of interactive digital signage for consumers. We’ll be really surprised if we don’t see more of these in shopping centers across the UK very soon!

11. The Royal Mint

When The Royal Mint wanted to connect visitors with the heritage and craftsmanship behind their coins, POP created an immersive touchscreen experience to WOW them.

Beautiful imagery and design draw visitors into our immersive and interactive experiences. Users can zoom into the detail of the coins, pull out areas of interest and tap for more information about one coin, before swiping away to learn about another. The touch screen interface features a user-friendly design, ensuring that navigation is intuitive and visually appealing. This is thanks to multi-touch technology, which allows the use of multi-touch gestures to do more than just click.

As part of the experience, we also produced a series of beautiful films that highlight the design process and skills of those making the Mint’s iconic coins.

11. FaceTouch

Another great example from teamLab,FaceTouch is a futuristic virtual reception system that allows visitors to see the faces of every member of staff on a touch display. The hardware utilizes advanced touch screen devices to provide a seamless and responsive experience. Selecting the person you have an appointment with is made easy through a well-designed user interface, which will notify them directly via a PC or mobile app – or even via email.

Described as a “new way of communication suitable for a new generation of people using social media”, the app allows you to select someone just by seeing their face. The idea behind it is that we make so many connections via social media that it can be tricky to always remember someone’s name.

This solution may be an ideal fit for busy offices and even a way of streamlining corporate communications within larger organizations. For any data entry required, the system provides a virtual keyboard as an on-screen input method. Another important thing to mention about this app is that it can only be used to call members of staff, so there is no risk of information or data leaks.

Got to say, we’re totally on board!

12. Collect & Connect Multi-User Interactive Table

Developed by New Zealand Company Flightless, this Collect & Connect Multi-User Interactive Table was developed for the Auckland Stories Exhibition and is just a really lovely example of an interactive table game for 9 to 12-year-olds.

Using 3D models to bring together a treasure hunt feel, players find themselves in the role of ‘curators’ who have to hunt down objects related to specified topics using clues, color coding, and iconography whilst moving around the table to get the most out of the experience. The table features multi touch screens, allowing multiple users to interact simultaneously, similar to the collaborative capabilities found in interactive whiteboards used in classrooms and meeting rooms.

It may be fun, but it’s also a way to introduce visitors to the method museums use to collect, curate and view data.

The winner finds the correct set of objects as quickly as possible, to have their time entered into a daily ranking. However, once you’ve collected the objects, you can also interact with them and learn more – as each is an actual record of an item held within the museum’s digital collection. Each touch event is detected and processed by the system to update the game state in real time, ensuring a responsive and engaging experience.

So, it’s a learning experience, too!

13. A Musical Wall Where Little People Live

Another fantastic example from teamLab, this delightful and utterly charming Musical Wall Where Little People Live plays sounds and allows people to attach various different objects to the wall, so little people living there (oblivious to us, the audience) can play with them.

When users engage in touch interaction by attaching objects, the system detects the touch location on the wall to determine where each object is placed. Each touch event, such as placing or moving an object, triggers a musical response from the wall.

Depending on what you’ve stuck on the wall, the little people can jump, slide or climb on them whilst smiley face seeds descend from above. When the smiley faces land on the mushrooms, trees or long sticks of ice, they play different corresponding tones! The pitch will also change depending on how high the objects have been placed on the wall.

There’s also ladders, birds and cows, and all sorts of other fascinating details to capture your attention!

This is such an immersive and gorgeous experience to be a part of, which is why we definitely had to include it on our list. We could easily spend hours playing about with this!

14. Connecting! Block Town

If you’ve ever played about with toy cars or trains as a kid, Connecting! Block Town is a fabulous digital example of what’s possible with an interactive touch table.

Essentially, cars, trains and even planes are digitally projected running over roads, railroad tracks and lands on the massive screen – but they’re also connected by physical wooden blocks that you can pick up and move around the table. The table uses advanced touch devices for accurate detection of block placement, ensuring responsive and precise interaction. Its touch interface enables collaborative play, allowing multiple users to interact with the digital environment at once. Thanks to multi touch screens, several children can simultaneously move blocks and control different elements, making teamwork seamless and engaging.

So, when children place different blocks onto the table, the townscape changes and more cars and trains turn up. By working as a team, children can create entire lovely little towns together that function perfectly whilst also being bright and engaging to look at.

There are so many fun interactive experiences for kids these days – but we can tell it’s probably be fun for grown-up kids, as well!

15. Interactive Magnetic Field Theatre

Last but certainly not least, this beautiful Interactive Magnetic Field Theatre is an art installation that’s really out of this world!

Actually based on three separate ‘worlds’ – Space, Earth and Electrons – this digital interactive installation uses a touch screen for user interaction, allowing visitors to engage directly with the display. The system detects each touch event, which immediately influences the visual display by altering the representation of magnetic forces in real time. In some modes, ultrasonic waves are used within the detection system to accurately register touch input, ensuring precise interaction even in complex scenarios. The installation reacts to the way you move around freely within the art space, building up a visual display demonstrating the various forces of magnetism that are usually invisible to the naked eye.

The artwork is rendered in real-time – no pre-recorded animations – and changes depending on your position, behavior, and touch events within the space. That’s what makes this installation so special – the artwork you create just by being there is completely unique, and no-one else will have exactly the same experience as you have (as it can never be replicated).

There’s also a Spintronics mode where you can direct and rotate electrons using the touch screen to see how they react (they may be fast or slow depending on the direction).

Again, something we could easily spend hours taking in.

Is an interactive touchscreen experience the right solution for your industry?

If, like us, you’ve fallen in love with the examples above, you might want to see if an interactive touchscreen experience could work for your organization. Perhaps you have an idea that could transform how your business communicates in sectors like advanced manufacturing or engineering, or in electronic devices such as mobile devices, smart thermostats, or even in vehicle settings through in vehicle infotainment systems. For guidance on this process, see our advice on choosing an interactive touchscreen developer.

If you’d like to know more or where to start, POPcomms is here to help. We specialize in impactful interactive touchscreen experience for a wide range of electronic devices, including point of sale systems, ultrasound machines, and smart home appliances.

Remember, with all the latest innovations in technology, the only limit’s your imagination! Touchscreen technology is continually advancing, offering up a number of great options, such as:

A transparent touchscreen – With a transparent touchscreen, you can create some really impressive displays. It works by showing your content on a transparent screen, which can be backed by your products or other items. This creates the impression of a presentation being projected onto your products, allowing users to interact directly with your product alongside additional information on the touchscreen.

Infrared touchscreens – As the name suggests, infrared touchscreen use infrared light beams to detect touch input. When the infrared beams are disrupted, infrared cameras can determine the X and Y position, which translates to a point on the screen. This provides several benefits including a better display, short response time, and easier writing.

Resistive touchscreens – Resistive touchscreens work by sensing applied pressure rather than touch, making them more resistant to dirt and water. As such, resistive touchscreens are particularly suited for manufacturing floors and healthcare facilities, where durability and precision are key. However, they are vulnerable to damage from sharp objects, which can compromise the screen’s integrity.

Surface acoustic wave touchscreens – Surface acoustic wave technology uses ultrasonic waves transmitted across the panel. When the screen is touched, the waves are absorbed, allowing the system to detect the touch location. This method offers high image clarity and durability, but can be susceptible to contaminants like dust and water.

Other touchscreen technologies – There are several other technologies you can employ. For example, many companies want to use their touchscreen experience on mobile phones or tablet computers. Needless to say, modern smartphones and other mobile devices are up to the task, but you must ensure seamless integration across devices, including electronic devices used in point of sale systems, in vehicle infotainment systems, and medical equipment like ultrasound machines.

When designing user interfaces for touchscreens, it’s important to consider the differences from traditional mouse cursor-based interfaces. Touch interactions require different layout and navigation considerations, as there is no mouse cursor to indicate position or hover states.

Exciting innovations in touchscreen technology are expected in the near future, further expanding their applications across industries and electronic devices.

Turn your vision into a reality with POPcomms

At POPcomms, we do so much more than create interactive touchscreen experiences. We transform how businesses communicate, engage, and succeed.

With over 20 years of expertise in the advanced engineering, manufacturing, healthcare, and technology sectors, we specialize in helping organizations simplify complex messaging.

Our innovative software empowers marketing teams to rapidly design, manage, and track interactive presentations across platforms, from event touchscreens to customer experience centers. With features like no-code editing, real-time analytics, and a single source of truth for compliant content, POPcomms provides a complete solution to help you stay agile, proactive, and customer-focused.

Imagine effortlessly (resonate with your audience) creating hyper-personalized presentations, offering a seamless experience across web, events, and meetings. Imagine having actionable insights into what content drives engagement and how it’s being shared. Imagine partnering with a team that brings strategy, creativity, and execution to every project.

With POPcomms, you don’t have to imagine. We’re here to help you simplify complexity, wow your customers, and set your business apart. To get started, book a demo or contact our team.