May 30th, 2007 by ketyung
Surface computer, which is something new that Microsoft is going to bring to us. Surface computer is the new technology that can recognize physical objects, such as your cellphone.
This new Surface technology allows your direct interaction with your hands with those digital contents such as photos, music and maps etc. And it will make all forms of digital contents to have lively interactions to natural gestures, touch and physical objects. Microsoft is targeting this technology to hotels, retail outlets, restaurants and some public entertainment venues. And they’ll try to make it available by end of the year.
One of the example given by Microsoft of its usage, will be the ordering of beverage after a meal at restaurant. Which will only need a single tap of a finger, and then drag and drop into your order list. To me, it sounds more like a much more advanced touch-screen technology, but with more lively interaction, added animation and a little bit of magic show. Other than the sensitive response to touches, physical objects etc, it’s also a system for multiple users and able to handle touches simultaneously. I wonder if the multi-touches with your itchy hands would make it mad, or perhaps, a blue screen and then a reboot is needed.
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June 7th, 2007 at 12:57 am
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