http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

i hope this isn't a repost i did a search first... looks hella cool tho once this goes mainstream... so many possibilities...

 

Yeah looks amazing, I saw this earlier today, not on here though. I saw another video of this last year too but it was a prototype. this is what i call N.L.S. (next level sh*t) :P


found the one i saw last year
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/65

 

wasen't there a YouTube vid of some guy exhibting this a tech show? DID mS copy him or he get hired by MS?

 

They actually had this on display in one of their Redmond campus building lobbies when I was there a year ago.

It's even cooler in person than it is in the videos.

 

Reminds me of this, the MIT I/O brush.

http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/

 

It's licensed technology with new software developed by Microsoft.

 

Looks cool, but it needs a porn angle to be successful.

 

Welcome to the future of porn

 

Also, I see the biggest challenge here (as with most new technologies) is the user interface. It really needs to be dummy proof, yet powerful. Not easy.

 

Very much like Minority Report...

 

Ya, I was thinking the same thing

 

I saw sony make something like that last year

 

x2

I was just telling my wife that it would be neat if there was a GUI like this...guess they were listening

 

x4.

 

.....though strangely reminiscent of Apple's multi-touch technology on the upcoming iphone. Looks like Redmond has their copy machines running again! I'm betting the legal team at Apple is already deep into checking this out!

And since it runs on Vista....it's BOUND to be full of bugs.

 

Yes, because it's impossible that MS invented something cool. It must be a copy of something Apple did.

The multi-touch technology is licensed/purchased from PerceptivePixel. Microsoft invented the "Surface" software.

 

wow that looks super intense

 

wont come to the masses, people are too stupid to own these things. They would break every 5 seconds.

 

nifty

 

not at first but eventually when they make them hardier they will i'm sure...


you sound like when people were talking about the first PCs saying "why the hell would someone ever want a PC @ home?? there's definitely NO market for Personal Computers" that was what like 40 yrs ago? ... now you'd be hard pressed to find a home in a major city without a PC whether it be a laptop/desktop

 

Is it a shame that the first thought that popped into my head had to do with porn?

 

wow that is pretty cool. gotta love touch screens!!!

 

read about that the other day...looks sweet!

 

A MICROSOFT SURFACE PARODY

 

that's f'in halarious

 

Nice!

 

I swear I've seen this before and it wasn't Microsoft.

 

+1 for you

 

 

I can almost promise this wont get that big. Now if they take it and implement it elsewhere or when it gets really cheap...mayyyybbbbeeee. Kind of like those faggy laser keyboards...sorry I like feeling my keys.

 

besides being a "big-ass table", this is why it won't get that big:

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@ Blue screen of death. Poor MS, never gonna be able to shake that reputation of theirs.

 

HAHAHAHAHA.. good sheit.

 

Take that Apple!!!

 

cool stuff.

 

Sweet

 

Eh, touch screen stuff isn't that new guys. People have been doing this with tablets for a long time now... Microsoft is just debuting their control system for a touchscreen.

And yes, no way a touch screen table would last very long. Especially if you used it like a table... spilled soda, beer, scratches...

 

I saw this about a month ago on NBC Nightly News. Looks pretty cool.


And yes, they better make it water-proof.

 

you are my hero for linking to tedtalks! i love that site!


the days of pointing and clicking are almost over

 

and

The gears are slowly grinding....