Microsoft announces ‘Surface’
May 30th, 2007 by ck
Microsoft has announced a coffee-table-shaped “surface computer” on Wednesday in a major step towards co-founder Bill Gates’s view of a future where the mouse and keyboard are replaced by more natural interaction using voice, pen and touch.
Microsoft Surface, which has a 30-inch display under a hard-plastic tabletop, allows people to touch and move objects on screen for everything from digital finger painting and jigsaw puzzles to ordering off a virtual menu in a restaurant.
It also recognizes and interacts with devices placed on its surface, so cell phone users can easily buy ringtones or change payment plans by placing their handsets on in-store displays, or a group of people gathered round the table can check out the photos on a digital camera placed on top.
Source: Reuters
Take a look at the DEMO here, it does look impressive and innovative to me. But whether or not it is worth the price tag between USD5k - 10k, is another story altogether :-)
Anyways, If you’re interested to know how it works, read here.
