Surface Computing (Jaw dropping)

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Surface Computing (Jaw dropping)

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Some of you will have seen similar things to this before but this looks really really polished.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... 17348.html
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Yeah that looks nice.

I can't really see the point though. So it's good for looking at photos? What else? Transferring data from devices? I'm happy doing both of those tasks as I am now.
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This is just the beginning, what if people who used typewriters banned the PC for being "happy doing those tasks as they were then"
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I had seen Jeff Han's presentation of surface computing a few months ago. It is amazing how cool that is. I like what MS has done with the recognition of proximate devices bit. That is pretty clean.
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jayshields wrote:Yeah that looks nice.

I can't really see the point though. So it's good for looking at photos? What else? Transferring data from devices? I'm happy doing both of those tasks as I am now.
I agree, as they stated it was originally designed for commercial and military uses.. it hasn't quite evolved for the home user quite yet.
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...and it will allow you to control your television and will become the ultimate unlosable remote-control...
Stupid quote of the day! WTF? How can touching the screen of your TV be remote control? I can click the buttons on my 1980's TV just as remotely as touching the screen :? :lol:

Joking aside, it does look cool though. I've seen multi-touch screens before and essentially Microsoft are taking an age old concept and branding it as their own. It wouldn't suprise me if they push for patents on multi-touch screens ;) Joking.
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

essentially Microsoft are taking an age old concept and branding it as their own
Absolutely correct. And here is the proof.
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ole wrote:
essentially Microsoft are taking an age old concept and branding it as their own
Absolutely correct. And here is the proof.
Yep, click "History". They go back to 2001 and indeed, it's all "Microsoft" coming up with the ideas. No mention of the extensive work that's been done for years before they ever got their paws on it.
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Just typical of MS to use such an ambiguous name :\

Googling for "Surface" will return only results relative to the formerly known as "Multi-touch" platform, I'm sure.
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d11wtq wrote:
...and it will allow you to control your television and will become the ultimate unlosable remote-control...
Stupid quote of the day! WTF? How can touching the screen of your TV be remote control? I can click the buttons on my 1980's TV just as remotely as touching the screen :? :lol:
Tablet PC will be your remote.
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nice UI development... just wait until Apple gets their hands on it ;-)
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Kieran Huggins wrote:nice UI development... just wait until Apple gets their hands on it ;-)
And then Microsoft somehow gets their hands on that.
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Kieran Huggins wrote:nice UI development... just wait until Apple gets their hands on it ;-)
They already have. Their first actualized product with it is the iPhone. They own a few patents on multi-touch technologies already.
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8O :banghead: :oops:
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feyd wrote:
Kieran Huggins wrote:nice UI development... just wait until Apple gets their hands on it ;-)
They already have. Their first actualized product with it is the iPhone. They own a few patents on multi-touch technologies already.
Is the iPhone out yet? I remember hearing a lot about it long ago, but I haven't seen any commercials for it.
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