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- fitzfan, on 11/06/2007, -272/+904Awesome, a touch screen table.
Now if only it could fit in my pocket, hold songs and video, had a phone built in and only cost $499 or $599.... - inactive, on 11/05/2007, -19/+529im an apple fan, but im still really glad to see this tech being brought to the public. its pretty much exactly what jeff han showed off at TED.
Press release and pics:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/surfacecomputing/default.mspx - inactive, on 11/11/2007, -66/+567Why? Because YOU don't like it?
If it was the Apple iSurface, you would literally be ejaculating into your palm and licking it up right now. - SlvrEagle23, on 10/11/2007, -9/+391I want one of these as my desk at work.
That would pretty much seal the deal on getting absolutely nothing done ever. - Jo9100, on 10/29/2007, -37/+3951. hello backaches
2. i wonder what porn'll look like... - MioTheGreat, on 11/11/2007, -16/+321Allright. These comments mostly suck.
This thing has amazing potential. The restaurant table demo alone looked freaking awesome. - buddyw, on 10/11/2007, -77/+368I can't wait to put Linux on it!
- MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -22/+285Are you kidding? Did you even watch the video? This thing looks amazing.
- WhiteIce89, on 10/11/2007, -7/+259I remember something like this being showcased a long time ago. Of course, with the type of capital investment that Microsoft can bring in, this is finally going to become a reality.
- Shuk, on 10/11/2007, -26/+277Wow, I was expecting a lame Zune update but I find myself shocked and surprised! This is truly innovative and futuristic, and really cool! Good move Microsoft, just don't make 20 different versions and sell them for ludicrous prices please!
- soda0289, on 10/11/2007, -14/+244Music - You put your music player on the table, and your credit card. Both are recognized, then you drag songs to the player. Zune is obvious first device, but potential other partner in the works. One demo used a nano. Could partner really be Apple? Let's not get carried away... yet.
•Virtual Concierge - A fairly self explanatory guide program, complete with mapping programs
•Food & Drink - Not just interactive menus, but glass (and presumably plate and maybe even silverware) recognition. Like Music program, it reads credit cards just by placing them on table.
•Photo - A simple photo editor reminiscent of iPhoto
•Puzzle - A game where you assemble actual pieces of glass on top of the table, each with a sliver of live video playing
•Water - A water screensaver that you can touch to make ripples
•Paint - Simple painting program that reads pressure sensitivity by judging the size of your fingerprint - venom8599, on 11/11/2007, -33/+262Personally this is way more impressive than an overblown cell phone.
- todfather, on 10/11/2007, -66/+280"apple will make somethin better"
No, it will be the same thing in white, but you'll buy it anyway, mindless sheep... baa baa - Disko, on 10/11/2007, -20/+230In with the 1st photoshop! http://users.on.net/~disko/touchbsod.jpg
- SnuKs, on 10/11/2007, -19/+221"Apple will have a Multi-touch device shipping next month. I wonder when Surface will actually make it into a product ... color me unimpressed."
Like I said before, I'm an Apple fan, but I can't believe how narrow minded some other Apple fans can be. Well I am impressed by this. Why? Because it's a cool new piece of technology that is starting to spread through the market. Yea Apple is shipping it in a form of a phone next month and I think that's awesome and I'm excited for it. But you gotta hand to MS, they took a different route with it. Instead of making an "iphone killer" with the same touch screen tech, they used their brain and thought of how to implement it other ways for the consumer. Same tech, different market. Props MS.
Fellow Apple fans, check yourself. - omgomgomg, on 10/11/2007, -25/+226EF this, give me a BASH shell at my restaurant table. essential commands..
rm -r ./dirty_dishes
kill -9 waiter_id_#3
food-get -f install pie
word - JeffH, on 11/11/2007, -9/+194Seems like a perfectly suitable name to me. Simple, easy to remember, explains the product, get's the job done. If this had been named the iSurface would it suddenly be better because of the extra flair the "i" gives the name?
- foxymcfox, on 10/11/2007, -13/+190About the only thing I could see this being used for on the consumer level is for a kickass version of Risk.
- SnuKs, on 10/11/2007, -10/+180It looks good. As an Apple head I give it major props.
Imagine how badass your coffee table would be with that thing on it. Question is would it be spill resistant? OooOO.... - mongrel, on 11/11/2007, -30/+187Finally, a table that can steal my credit card number. And potentially everything else in my wallet.
- samgab, on 10/11/2007, -25/+153...ass recognition?
- curbcheck, on 11/11/2007, -21/+125Minority Report did it better.
- TheReport, on 10/11/2007, -48/+150Sweet, now we can finally bring 'The Blue Screen of Death' into the living room.
- Teh_N3UT3R3R, on 10/11/2007, -14/+111I heard if you pee on the table, it gives you sodium, calcium, and iron content calculations.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/11/2007, -21/+111For those of you who say Microsoft copied this technology etc., just click on "origins" in the navigation bar and they explain how it came into fruition.
hint: it began in 2001, BEFORE the recent TED conference. - Jamminn, on 10/11/2007, -30/+118I wonder how it reacts to a nice fat line of Bolivian...
Or is that just me? - Matic, on 11/11/2007, -3/+88Splitting the check 5 ways at the dinner table was frickin' awesome!
- knightblade2oo4, on 10/11/2007, -12/+97this could be a smash hit or a horrible failure. but I'd be interested in buying one, looks awesome.
- forumz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+86"... the first Microsoft Surface units won't hit the market until Winter 2007"
- flashboy131, on 10/11/2007, -6/+81you know I like my iMac, but the online apple fanboyism is getting pretty annoying.
- venom8599, on 10/11/2007, -2/+77Even if it's expensive, it's a step in a good direction. It's about time someone really jumped into such technology, to pave the way for the future of it. The sooner we work out the kinks and actually adopting this kind of thing the better. Over time it'll get cheaper as technology improves and manufacturing costs come down, and then things like this will be in the home and office.
- slowmo, on 10/11/2007, -7/+79It needs a tilt feature. Leaning over a coffee table is fun for about 5 minutes then it starts to hurt.
- grogan, on 10/11/2007, -11/+78I played a game on this TWO YEARS ago. This is not in any way a copy of the iPhone technology.
- SPECOPS, on 11/11/2007, -12/+77The $6/hr paid waiter/waitress is more secure? I'd rather have a "table" know my card number, than an underpaid human any day.
- caffeinated, on 11/11/2007, -5/+70Everyone always talks about how personal computers are still in their infancy ... this actually sounds like the step beyond keyboard+mouse and into "everyday life". If nothing else, I can finally make my own version of the minority report.
- knelto, on 10/11/2007, -22/+86Wonder what would happen if you put a Mac on top of the surface?
- mrASSMAN, on 10/11/2007, -4/+61According to their press release, "Beginning at the end of this year, consumers will be able to interact with Surface in hotels, restaurants, retail establishments and public entertainment venues."
So it's not designed for home use yet, it's for use by businesses for customers to interact with. - crahan, on 10/11/2007, -13/+67@omgomgomg who said
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EF this, give me a BASH shell at my restaurant table. essential commands..
rm -r ./dirty_dishes
kill -9 waiter_id_#3
food-get -f install pie
word
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Do you always completely delete your dishes at the restaurant? I'd suggest you use:
make clean ./dirty_dishes - barbazoid, on 11/11/2007, -5/+59Hmm, it may be something that we've all seen before, but at least by having microsoft market it means that we may actually see this technology relatively soon rather than drool over it for a few weeks and then watch it disappear.
- VanD, on 11/11/2007, -5/+56The future is going to be amazing.
- caffeinated, on 11/11/2007, -6/+55Do you "need" HDTV?
- biochem, on 10/11/2007, -17/+66I remember seeing this being demonstrated before. I didnt think it was microsoft who was creating it though. Anyone know if they bought this technology from some entrepreneurs or did they actually create this from scratch?
- slythfox, on 10/11/2007, -34/+80@hdtvdust,
Just... WTF? - fubes2000, on 10/11/2007, -33/+78While I'm quite interested in multitouch computing like this, it will take a lot more real-time convincing than a slick tech demo from Microsoft.
I'm still paranoid about putting my credit card info into my home computer with WinXP, I'm not about to toss my wallet onto a Microsoft branded stealth wallet raping device like in the video there. - coheedcollapse, on 10/11/2007, -12/+57Apple fanboyism is running rampant in these comments. It's really weird to see how militant these people are.
- venom8599, on 10/11/2007, -7/+51@swabthedeck
More popular != more impressive. I was speaking from a technical standpoint. The iPhone has never struck me as that impressive, because it's ultimately just a pricey phone with a slightly novel interface for a phone, but not for other mobile devices. The Surface is much more impressive technically, especially in it's interaction with real objects--which is actually innovative--in the same way as the Wii. That is to say it's innovative in the real sense and not just the 'using innovation as a buzzword' way. - biochem, on 10/11/2007, -7/+51Ahhh, this is actually what i saw b4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcKqyn-gUbY&mode=related&search=
its what tomsplansmedia was talking about -
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