Microsoft Surface - The Possibilities


http://... is Microsoft Surface?
Microsoft Surface™, the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft Corp., turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface. The product provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface is a 30-inch display in a table-like form factor that's easy for individuals or small groups to interact with in a way that feels familiar, just like in the real world. In essence, it's a surface that comes to life for exploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying and much more. Soonto be available in restaurants, hotels, retail establishments and public entertainment venues, this experience will transform the way people shop, dine, entertain and live.

How does Surface work?
At a high level, Surface uses cameras to sense objects, hand gestures and touch. This user input is then processed and the result is displayed on the surface using rear projection.

What is surface computing?
Surface computing is a new way of working with computers that moves beyond the traditional mouse-and-keyboard experience. It is a natural user interface that allows people to interact with digital content the same way they have interacted with everyday items such as photos, paintbrushes and music their entire life: with their hands, with gestures and by putting real-world objects on the surface. Surface computing opens up a whole new category of products for users to interact with.

What are the key attributes of surface computing?
Surface computing has four key attributes:
Direct interaction. Users can actually "grab" digital information with their hands and interact with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
Multi-touch contact. Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger, as with a typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once.
Multi-user experience. The horizontal form factor makes it easy for several people to gather around surface computers together, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience.
Object recognition. Users can place physical objects on the surface to trigger different types of digital responses, including the transfer of digital content.







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Uploaded: May 30, 2007 at 10:23 am
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Video Comments:
byZenn (January 9, 2009 at 3:41 am)
Microsoft Surface is better for commercial use than home use. I wouldn't want that in my house, thats for sure.
danjr000 (January 9, 2009 at 3:32 am)
Makes little animations and then it electricutes you in style!
tiki02033 (January 9, 2009 at 1:19 am)
why microsoft :(
sweetjummy (January 9, 2009 at 12:55 am)
are you positive its over 9000 times better and not like 9015.231679 times?

Lol and anyways, what do you expect? the ipod touch is a little device the size of your hand, and this thing is, 9000x bigger!
greylajoie23 (January 8, 2009 at 10:52 pm)
i would break it if i had one
DaK1ngZOnDaBlocK (January 8, 2009 at 9:41 pm)
are you joking????
MataneTokyo (January 8, 2009 at 6:48 pm)
ITS OVER NINE THOUSANDS!!
keyko2keyko (January 8, 2009 at 1:24 pm)
i don´t want to live in a world what works like that:-/
EldronTheLion (January 7, 2009 at 1:19 pm)
Auto refill a coffee, real?
Lol, that's just impossible..

Nice one
rotorman13b (January 7, 2009 at 8:06 am)
That will solve many problems..I heard Bill Gates has this technology as his windows or walls or something and that wherever he walks, the wall or window behind him stands by and the window or walls he approaches turns on..
yeongkitmeng (January 6, 2009 at 3:53 pm)
If I put a cup of coffee on it, will it auto-refill? harhar
iTurriagaFilms (January 6, 2009 at 3:32 am)
It's a shame Apple isn't making this new product. If it runs windows, it will have problems, image a big blue screen on this, hahaha.
iTurriagaFilms (January 6, 2009 at 3:31 am)
Two different products...
mdeonx16 (January 6, 2009 at 2:26 am)
surface is over 9000 times better than ipod touch
mdeonx16 (January 6, 2009 at 2:25 am)
Microsoft+BillGates=EPIC WIN
evilfink109 (January 6, 2009 at 12:47 am)
yah i dont see it being able to play games unless some one really wants to try lol
Sandmetal2 (January 5, 2009 at 11:25 pm)
50 years from now ill sue microsoft for the curvature in my spine when i have to compute on something as high as my knee
Yaxxe (January 5, 2009 at 9:28 pm)
What if the camera doesn't have wireless function?... :D

Realy Cool :p
ltowndj19 (January 5, 2009 at 7:51 pm)
1.atomic explosion
2.atomic cloud
3.bluescreen and reboot

xDDDDD
Heav3nsGate (January 5, 2009 at 2:35 pm)
What happen if you knock over a glass of water onto it
connorcjt12 (January 5, 2009 at 3:05 am)
5 to 10 thousand dollars and it comes out in 2012-2014
flobba123 (January 4, 2009 at 9:16 pm)
kinda hard playing games on that..
KRBRproductions (January 4, 2009 at 6:39 am)
how much is this
asth12 (January 4, 2009 at 12:08 am)
and you will be happy knoing you only paid 12,000 todo it. look uo the microsoft surface parody video
samwise401 (January 3, 2009 at 11:31 pm)
Just picture putting your iPhone on a table and transferring all of it's data just with a slide of your finger. Now add thousands of more things you can do with a bigger screen that doesn't have a max memory of 30GB where you can only use two fingers. Microsoft Surface>iPhone

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