edit:MS introduces surface computing

[mzkhadir]

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/playtable/

Its a playtable.

 

[NFS4]

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/surfacecomputing/default.mspx

 

[Q]

boring

 

[daveymark]

It's likely going to be the playtable, if my contacts at MS are to be trusted.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Reminds me of those vs. video games at the arcades way back when!

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: NFS4
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/surfacecomputing/default.mspx

If that is it, that's stupid!

 

[her209]

Bill Gates action figure!?!?

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
A Dirigible?

I knew this wasn't right. I was announced decades ago.

 

[Duddy]

It's not the PlayTable I don't think, they said it would be a consumer device along the lines of the Xbox 360 and the Zune.

 

[Jeff7]

This thing totally needs an LCARS interface.

 

[dighn]

underwhelmed

n/m the video demonstration is pretty interesting

 

[Gibson486]

That is not really a secret at all....everyone knew it was coming.

 

[Eli]

Hey, that is pretty cool....

 

[us3rnotfound]

It seems like an OK idea for restaurants but other than that not sure if it really excites me.

 

[Eli]

Cool! I think it's pretty neat.

Pretty impressive really. It seems like such simple concepts, and may not seem that revolutionary at first.. But we have nothing like this right now.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
That is not really a secret at all....everyone knew it was coming.

There's two m's in "coming" Gibson486!

 

[vital]

good for porn!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: vital
good for porn!

LMFAO!

 

[Kaido]

Wow, that video got me pretty excited. I can see a lot of possibilities with that technology, especially if they could bring the price down to where you can have it in your home. The part with the camera transferring photos to the Surface unit was pretty amazing! Looks like it would be super-useful for artists...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Gibson486
That is not really a secret at all....everyone knew it was coming.

There's two m's in "coming" Gibson486!

No there aren't..

 

[Kaido]

I wonder how the ergonomics would affect you...seems like you would get a serious kink in your neck if you used it for any length of time :Q

 

[Molondo]

I would love to try that.

 

[Cabages]

Originally posted by: vital
good for porn!

OMG imagine the possibilities!

 

[Kaido]

Price will be a major obstacle for the new machine to overcome if it is to catch on with mainstream consumers. Thompson declined to disclose terms of the enterprise agreements under which Microsoft is selling the machines, which include related software and services.

However, he said, "If we made this a product sale, think of it in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 per unit."

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: michaels
http://download.microsoft.com/download/...008a8a9b6e/MicrosoftSurfacing_on10.wmv

The T-mobile bit was quite amazing I must say :Q