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ReggaetonKing · May 30th, 2007, 9:53 AM

I saw this on digg.com!

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

uman · May 30th, 2007, 12:24 PM

Very cool.

Booooze · May 30th, 2007, 12:39 PM

Yeah. I just saw it on the Drudge report. It's pretty cool I must admit. Our technology is getting closer to what sci fi movies have, with the touch screens and all.

teishu · May 30th, 2007, 12:39 PM

thats rather cool !

Infinite Recursion · May 30th, 2007, 1:34 PM

I saw it on slashdot this morning. Very impressive technology.

crawforddavid2006 · May 30th, 2007, 1:47 PM

Very cool, but I'm sure the price tag will make you wanna cry.

ReggaetonKing · May 30th, 2007, 2:39 PM

macrumors.com claims its aimed toward commercial use and the price range is $5,000 to $10,000.

mackenga · May 30th, 2007, 6:35 PM

Hmm. Yes, they bought that idea a few years ago. There's nothing very bleeding edge about touch screen technology - bear in mind that it didn't catch on last time around because it's actually quite clumsy and awkward compared to linguistic interaction and even - gasp - pointing devices.

There's an article about this on the register ( http://www.theregister.co.uk ) with some comments that mention the roots of this technology. Microsoft's pulling a fast one as per, making it look like they're innovators. No real surprise there from the company that didn't write Microsoft Internet Explorer. Or Microsoft SQL Server. Or Microsoft DOS, come to think of it.

In fact, while I'm at it, here's the link to the article itself:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05...ace_computing/

Game_Ender · May 31st, 2007, 1:59 AM

If you want the really cool version of a multitouch system you can check out Perceptive Pixel. Its advantage is the display is like a flat panel so you don't need any large space behind it (With Surface you need space for the cameras). It also allows for much bigger displays as you see in there demo. The only drawback is that you can't use Microsoft's one byte "bar codes". The final advantage is its not CPU intensive at all, Surface requires constant vision processing on the 5 infrared cameras to work, this display is just like any other input device.

This was made public a year ago with a cool video and this awesome conference demo.

commodore · May 31st, 2007, 6:32 AM

What has Microsoft developed itself? MS BASIC?

May 30th, 2007, 9:53 AM	#1
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	Microsoft Surface I saw this on digg.com! http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

May 30th, 2007, 12:24 PM	#2
uman Expert Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 794 Rep Power: 4	Very cool. __________________ Few people deserve to be compared to (Rush) Limbaugh, most of them were convicted at the Nuremburg trials. --WilliamSChips on Slashdot

May 30th, 2007, 12:39 PM	#4
teishu Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 51 Rep Power: 3	thats rather cool ! __________________ AMD Athlon X2 4200+ -- Asus V3-M2V890 -- 2GB Kingston -- Vista Ultimate 32bit + Ubuntu 8.04 Intel C2D T5870 2.0GHZ -- Vostro 1510 -- 2048MB -- Windows XP SP2 *ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI !*

May 30th, 2007, 1:34 PM	#5
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	I saw it on slashdot this morning. Very impressive technology. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

May 30th, 2007, 2:39 PM	#7
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	macrumors.com claims its aimed toward commercial use and the price range is $5,000 to $10,000. __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

May 30th, 2007, 12:39 PM	#3
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	Yeah. I just saw it on the Drudge report. It's pretty cool I must admit. Our technology is getting closer to what sci fi movies have, with the touch screens and all.

May 30th, 2007, 6:35 PM	#8
mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 317 Rep Power: 4	Hmm. Yes, they bought that idea a few years ago. There's nothing very bleeding edge about touch screen technology - bear in mind that it didn't catch on last time around because it's actually quite clumsy and awkward compared to linguistic interaction and even - gasp - pointing devices. There's an article about this on the register ( http://www.theregister.co.uk ) with some comments that mention the roots of this technology. Microsoft's pulling a fast one as per, making it look like they're innovators. No real surprise there from the company that didn't write Microsoft Internet Explorer. Or Microsoft SQL Server. Or Microsoft DOS, come to think of it. In fact, while I'm at it, here's the link to the article itself: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05...ace_computing/ __________________ "I'm not a genius. Why do I have to suffer?" Last edited by mackenga; May 30th, 2007 at 6:36 PM. Reason: Added direct link to the article (might as well not be lazy)

May 31st, 2007, 1:59 AM	#9
Game_Ender Professional Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 306 Rep Power: 3	If you want the really cool version of a multitouch system you can check out Perceptive Pixel. Its advantage is the display is like a flat panel so you don't need any large space behind it (With Surface you need space for the cameras). It also allows for much bigger displays as you see in there demo. The only drawback is that you can't use Microsoft's one byte "bar codes". The final advantage is its not CPU intensive at all, Surface requires constant vision processing on the 5 infrared cameras to work, this display is just like any other input device. This was made public a year ago with a cool video and this awesome conference demo. __________________ Robotics @ Maryland AUV Team - Software Lead

May 31st, 2007, 6:32 AM	#10
commodore Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 97 Rep Power: 0	What has Microsoft developed itself? MS BASIC?

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