from : localhost/out the videos. I particularly like the 3rd one where they show applications like copying pics/music and paying with credit cards by dragging the items in the card. WOW!
dang you beat me to it! I was just about to post this =D
Looks pretty damm cool, I've seen videos of this type of technology before, but I always thought they were some 1-off concept that wont appear for ages ... but these are coming out Winter 2007!
Wow, now we can enjoy BSOD in the living room!
I don't mean to spoil the party but this seems too ambitious even for Microsoft. I'd perhaps be more convinced if there was a bit more explanation as to how it works, but sensing camera and phones with a touch screen is going to be one huge tech support headache when 90% of models aren't supported. Unless they start putting ID chips in everything, but that would mean buying a new phone, camera etc, on top of an expensive new coffee table. Cost is my other point. I can't see this being cheap. A giant touch screen and a presumably reasonable PC underneath? Hardly going to be in the budget range (well, unless there will be a quot;Surface Basicquot;...).
EDIT: quoting the fact sheet: quot;will be able to recognize actual unique objects that have identification tags similar to bar codes.quot;. Wasn't far off then. But apparently there is no touch screen, and instead uses cameras and a rear projection display.
Weird I have no sound when playing those flash videos.
Usually sound works OK for me.
Anyone know what audio codec they use?
I looked at all three videos, and never saw any new technology applied.
Just some touch screen used in various ways, together with an interface with graphic effects.
It's a refinement of existing technologies, and a demo of how it can be used when combined.
Maybe I missed some point due to my lack of audio?
they are being sold to a select group of companies, including t-mobile, for about $5000-$10000 each for now. although prices are expected to drop to consumer levesls within a year or two.
i read about it on The Times (UK national paper) website
If you read the post above yours you will know it is not touch screen!
One part of me thinks quot;Thats absolutely amazing!! Imagine going to a bar/restaurant, and ordering the drinks and food in from the damn table, then just putting your credit card down, and being able to split the bill like it says in the third video (which is always a right pain)
And it would be really cool to be able to organise music in that way, and all of the interactivity between different devices is brilliantquot;
But these devices are going to require new technology, like RFID tags or something (hey, I wonder if people with implanted RFID chips will be able to share thoughts with each other), and what's security like? and the cost, etc.
Also, I can't really imagine computing without some form of keyboard in a practical way. I guess the only way to tell is to actually use one
Originally Posted by super breadfishWow, now we can enjoy BSOD in the living room!
I don't mean to spoil the party but this seems too ambitious even for Microsoft. I'd perhaps be more convinced if there was a bit more explanation as to how it works, but sensing camera and phones with a touch screen is going to be one huge tech support headache when 90% of models aren't supported. Unless they start putting ID chips in everything, but that would mean buying a new phone, camera etc, on top of an expensive new coffee table. Cost is my other point. I can't see this being cheap. A giant touch screen and a presumably reasonable PC underneath? Hardly going to be in the budget range (well, unless there will be a quot;Surface Basicquot;...).
EDIT: quoting the fact sheet: quot;will be able to recognize actual unique objects that have identification tags similar to bar codes.quot;. Wasn't far off then. But apparently there is no touch screen, and instead uses cameras and a rear projection display.
Visual object recognition isn't new, and something like bluetooth might be very helpful, both for communication with and identification of the gadgets. That way object recognition only need to determine which of the currently available objects are in use, any guesswork can be removed, by implementing radio trigonometry on the bluetooth signals.
If a standard is implemented, that become popular, vendors will support it eventually.
Microsoft would probably avoid existing standards, so they can control the market.
The point where MS really has the advantage, is that they have so much money, they can afford to put something like this to market, and loose money for years.
This does look cool, but the bit where they were copying music from one MP3 player to another made me laugh! I was expecting it to give her finger an electric shock or something!
This idea isn't as original as they are making it out to be, most of its application in the demo seems to be to sell stuff you don't need in that corporate market way. Its just THE latest gimick surfacing (excuse the pun) at the moment.
Great way to sell stuff on shop floors, but looks useless for actual practical computing. Wonder what the blue screen looks like on this thing too. |
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