

Microsoft Surface

Browsing through images is a breeze with Surface


Image manipulation is just a fingertip away
Surface takes user involvement with digital media to the next level












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RE: Already been done before
By airsickmoth on 5/30/2007 3:43:25 PM , Rating: 2
Microsoft's is much more advanced and refined than any of these and it is ready for the world this year. And Microsoft's is more than just a multi-touch display.

The Warcraft III one was pretty terrible. It was a top down projection so your hand would get in the way of the image. The Acura one was just a simple customized experiment. The others were an interesting interface, but it didn't do anything new. You could touch it and manipulate the display. Its like if you could plug 5 mice into a computer and use them all at once.

What makes the Microsoft interface unique and amazing is its recognition of objects. When the guy put down a phone and the table recognized what phone it was, I was floored. He could move the phone around and the display would follow it. He could drop new price points onto the phone and it would calculate the invoice. That is a real world application. I could go into a store tomorrow, and use that to accomplish something real. Not just "oh look, I can draw lines and move them."

Then the restaurant application where you can put down your credit card on the table and it will see who you are and show you your favorite meals was amazing. And who hasn't wished they had an easy way to divide the bill between you and some friends? Or pick the music that plays at a restaurant. And the Zune sharing (I bet it will work for any WiFi player or bluetooth player) was brilliant.

Just imagine having this in your living room. You place your phone down on the table, and it can link with it and download any pictures you took with the camera, or drag and drop some new music into it. Imagine this thing at a house party. Your friends could come over, place their wifi (or bluetooth) device on the table, drag some songs off it they want to play at the party and put their choices in the queue, then pick up their device.

RE: Already been done before
By Future145 on 6/22/2007 12:40:05 PM , Rating: 2
Tech is usually copied and improved upon, thats how the industry works. Microsoft isnt stealing it, they are just making it usable for the mass market and that is affordable(maybe).


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