Surface Computing
In development since 2001, unveiled today was the Microsoft Surface computing table. It uses cameras inside the table to sense multiple hand movements (not a standard touchscreen) for surface interaction. The first commercial application will be for hotel and retail kiosks.
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That looks fun as hell! I want one.
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Sweet, shoudl only be about $40,000 when they release it.
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So... whats the difference between that and touch screens? Aren't they basically the same thing?
Hmm, maybe I'm confused.
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Touch screens (from what I've seen and used anyway) only allow ONE input at a time. Try with 2 fingers in two spots and it gets confused.
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The cash registers at work have touch screens and if you put two fingers on it it'll be "selecting" the point in between your two fingers. On my PDA it just gets all screwy.
EDIT: Just looked at the MS:S (Microsoft Surface, yeah, I'm lazy or whatever...), it looks freakin' cool. I'm trying to think of how awesome that would be for gaming... guess it depends on whether you get used to it or not...
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ha ha o just messed with an ATM machine =)
on topic: that thing looks cool, wonder how much 000 will it have in its price
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Amazing. Looks like the panel from StarTrek.
I'm just gonna wait for the MS:Teleporter to comeout.
. . Now the thing to do would be to create something you could sell on there.
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$40,000! I'll have 2 please, one for the front room, and one for the toilet i think!
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I remember seeing something like this about a year ago from some German(maybe?) research firm.. I think they were originally doing it a table top interface.. something for a bars and such. Way to go MS.. someone else comes up with a cool idea, buy it and sell it as your own.
I got an email about this just this morning from another geek friend of mine, and then I turned on CNN, and it was there, and then came here, and here it is.
It's definitely cool technology, I can see this being a great item to have in EOC (Emergency Operation Centers) for disaster events.. realtime tracking of assets in the field with complete interactivity.. cool.
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