Comments on: Microsoft Mystery Solved: It’s ‘Surface’ http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: manoj http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-239329 manoj Thu, 31 May 2007 12:45:32 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-239329 Ilyaaa....very good its truely amazing Ilyaaa….very good its truely amazing

]]> By: Ben http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237975 Ben Wed, 30 May 2007 10:17:56 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237975 So one of the initial partners is a Casino? Who'da thunk it? Soon they can rid themselves of those pesky expensive dealers and have enough money to build a BIGGER copy of the Eiffel tower. Win! So one of the initial partners is a Casino? Who’da thunk it? Soon they can rid themselves of those pesky expensive dealers and have enough money to build a BIGGER copy of the Eiffel tower. Win!

]]> By: Sunil Parmar http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237897 Sunil Parmar Wed, 30 May 2007 08:46:37 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237897 Looks very interesting. I think it allows exclusive communication with Zune's .. ( I spotted them in the video somewhere) . MS always comes with some features which are exclusively MS. If I am not wrong iPhone has same kind of interface for playing with images, but recognizing devices as soon as you put on the surface is truly amazing. Let's wait until it become commercially available to public. Looks very interesting. I think it allows exclusive communication with Zune’s .. ( I spotted them in the video somewhere) . MS always comes with some features which are exclusively MS. If I am not wrong iPhone has same kind of interface for playing with images, but recognizing devices as soon as you put on the surface is truly amazing. Let’s wait until it become commercially available to public.

]]> By: Ross http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237854 Ross Wed, 30 May 2007 07:23:01 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237854 The truth about the fancy table. <a href="http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_s_New_Surface_But_what_aren_t_they_telling_us_about_it" rel="nofollow">The truth about the fancy table. </a> The truth about the fancy table.

The truth about the fancy table.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237813 Jeremiah Wed, 30 May 2007 06:31:31 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237813 ...and it's only a matter of time before someone makes something "porn" related with this... …and it’s only a matter of time before someone makes something “porn” related with this…

]]> By: Albert http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237806 Albert Wed, 30 May 2007 06:23:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237806 I saw video of the professor from NYU in the video about 4 years ago demoing these technologies. While its all nice and lovely about the concepts demoed here, the actual ability to make all these devices communicate with each other in a manner that is both secure, but easy to use will actually be the trick. In addition, the idea that these multi-touch displays will be ruggedized enough to withstand the kind of wear and tear they would expect is going to be interesting to see. I saw video of the professor from NYU in the video about 4 years ago demoing these technologies. While its all nice and lovely about the concepts demoed here, the actual ability to make all these devices communicate with each other in a manner that is both secure, but easy to use will actually be the trick. In addition, the idea that these multi-touch displays will be ruggedized enough to withstand the kind of wear and tear they would expect is going to be interesting to see.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237791 Bryan Wed, 30 May 2007 05:59:17 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237791 My mind just kept exploding left and right watching the videos on the website. I can't help but think of the limitless possibilities that this entails. I hope they can figure out how to do it without the IR cameras if they roll out as consumer products. Just off the top of my head: anything larger or more oddly shaped than a finger can be Bluetooth-probed when detected on screen. This would get rid of being able to detect non-electronic stuff like drinks or books, but it would keep the overall package size down. And besides, who the hell needs their coffee table to know that they've come home alone and are looking to down some Scotch? My mind just kept exploding left and right watching the videos on the website. I can’t help but think of the limitless possibilities that this entails. I hope they can figure out how to do it without the IR cameras if they roll out as consumer products. Just off the top of my head: anything larger or more oddly shaped than a finger can be Bluetooth-probed when detected on screen. This would get rid of being able to detect non-electronic stuff like drinks or books, but it would keep the overall package size down. And besides, who the hell needs their coffee table to know that they’ve come home alone and are looking to down some Scotch?

]]> By: Harvey http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237774 Harvey Wed, 30 May 2007 05:42:17 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237774 It's striking how the multi-touch functionality, which evidently has been in the works in Redmond for months, makes the iPhone multi-touch seem a little less unique. The movement and manipulation of digital images in Surface really looks cool. I hope they can implement it in a consumer device! It’s striking how the multi-touch functionality, which evidently has been in the works in Redmond for months, makes the iPhone multi-touch seem a little less unique. The movement and manipulation of digital images in Surface really looks cool.
I hope they can implement it in a consumer device!

]]> By: ilya http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237733 ilya Wed, 30 May 2007 04:56:47 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-mystery-solved-its-surface/#comment-237733 Nice idea, I thought they would make it more readily available to the public. The collaboration potential for this is really interesting. An interesting idea would be being able to place a device on the table and see a remote file browser and being able to drag files from the browser onto the main surface. I'll definitely have to hunt one of these down and try it out. Nice idea, I thought they would make it more readily available to the public. The collaboration potential for this is really interesting. An interesting idea would be being able to place a device on the table and see a remote file browser and being able to drag files from the browser onto the main surface. I’ll definitely have to hunt one of these down and try it out.

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