Q:

Has Orion's touch-screen instrument panel been influenced by Dragon's v2 panel? (or vice-versa)

I recently read about Orion's touch-screen instrument panels designs, and remember seeing this first on the Dragon v2 unveiling (with a 4 panel design instead of 3).
Was this design influenced in any way by one or the other? (Dragon influencing Orion's, or vice-versa)

A:

More likely the Dragon interface was influenced by the Tesla car interface. The Tesla Model S has a 17 inch touch screen that contains almost all of the cars controls. It is designed to be used while driving, with minor accelerations, compared to space launch. But this is much more concern than the common touch interface of a phone or tablet.
The Orion team and the SpaceX team have been nicely isolated and unlikely to have influenced each other. But they both looked at the state of the art today, looked at their options and made decisions.

