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- storiesteller, on 10/11/2007, -25/+55Gates/Microsof rocks! Anybody with me?
- Zipp425, on 10/11/2007, -4/+29@skyscape
Its just gonna be a matter of time...
The only reason the table doesn't interact with the iPod is because it doesn't have wireless... It's Apple's problem, not Microsoft's... - jazh, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20Are you being sarcastic...Or Just dumb?
- aaaaa, on 10/11/2007, -10/+29It's not the cameras that I'm afraid of: http://farm.tucows.com/images/2006/06/data_bsod.gif
- consonance, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20In case you haven't been following the Surface, it's spill-proof and acrylic. It's not going to get damaged if you spill your drink on it. Now, if you swing an axe at it, yeah, it will probably sustain some damage.
- oldtimegamer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20try reading the article. it explains it all.
- darkhero, on 10/11/2007, -9/+26Long Live Microsoft!
- fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17@ ptfoe - because when they "buy" the company and the people working there, they "own" the product.
Why does Google take credit for almost everything they put their name on? They're nearly entirely aquisitions.
Same with Yahoo. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -4/+19It's good to be living in the future.
- darthsnoopy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14They're IN the computer? - Derek Zoolander
- Bartboy919, on 10/11/2007, -4/+17Microsoft has always been more than happy to add iPod support to its products, look at the Xbox 360, they didn't leave apple in the cold even though apple refused to help MS when asking to help support it, if Apple had been more open, then the fair play DRM would work on the Xbox 360. We also see MS go out of its way to utilize the iPod when they announced that all Ford cars would enable USB MP3 connectivity at CES in January, the only diffrence there is that Apple agreed to let them use the Fair Play DRM to work inside the car. Its not that MS tries to make competing devices incompatible, its that they don't have the required tech. But who wants a be the iPhone will work with this, because I am.
- fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Microsoft pours billions into research. They do come up with some pretty cool stuff even if you don't like the way they run/ran the company.
- imacashew, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12what are you talking about??? the cameras are IN the table. RTFA..
- imacashew, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11reality check jackass, innovation != invention. You don't have to be the first person to think of something to be an innovator...you just have to do it better. Apple didn't invent the mp3 player, or the online music store...they just did them better (in most people's opinion).
This video shows what looks like a pretty cool device with loads of potential... But guess what..it took a company like Microsoft to bring it to the front and fully develop it into something that is residentially and commercially feasible. You think anyone would pay any amount of money for what is basically just a music synthesizer with flashy interface? Wake Up!!! - jazh, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Its the code "label" so the speak at the bottom of the glass I would guess.
- KSUdesigner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Technology rocks, period. Gates, Jobs, Google, etc. are all doing amazing things lately with technology. Like 'em or hate 'em, they're all doing good things for us consumers.
- thecompkid, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12And I always pictured the future in the hands of a certain bitten fruit.
Who knew Microsoft could be so innovative. I mean, not to be compu-racist or anything, but I think we all know who wastes their time with all that R&D crap.
Wow, that ended up coming out pretty neutral. For the record, i'm a mac. - totorototoro, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9that was an impressive demo; but damn, that's a lot of elaborate setup...even for a demo.
- dimsum05, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11@pcharles23
I logged in from school just to dig you down. - miles32, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I do believe that cameras are a type of technology. Just a thought.
- simpleid, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9yea, he's a pretty brilliant business man, this might be twice he changes the way things go.
i strongly believe in coming up with new ways to interface with machines, this is actually a -great- step in the right direction. microsoft did what i've been hoping for, and hopefully continues to discover people who come up with these things and get them out in to every persons hands.
:-) - imacashew, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8they used cameras cause it's a more capable design that allows it to interact with inanimate objects...so what is this superior "technology" you speak of?
- IceIX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11True, but setting up ten of these will set you back ~$100k just in equipment. Add around ~$100-200k at least in install, setup, and maintenance and you're looking at a very expensive investment for enough of these for ~40 patrons to use at a time. It would have to be a very upscale restaurant.
- skyscape, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Thats a nice piece of table. Thats what restaurants need to boost business. Think about it, if you are wanting to open a restaurant, and you dont know how to make it unique, what you do is create a restaurant call it Surface Place, and have people dine at these tables. People will go there by croweds.
- KSUdesigner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7If this kind of stuff has been in development for 6 years, imagine what people are working on now that we don't have a clue about. I for one am glad I am going to be around to see all this cool ***** come out and become incorporated into everyday life. Between what's going on in computing and "the cloud," we're in for some amazing ***** in the next decade. Now if we could just get that teleporter to work in my lifetime...
- bradleyland, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6What's wrong with low tech? It is an elegant solution to the problem. Rather than add RFID to the mix, you simply use a visual identifier. Since the system already relys on image sensors, this is a practical application of existing assets. This also means you can "retro fit" detection to devices that were not previously intended to be used with the table.
- Ramble, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6You can just make a custom interface for that.
Finally, we're living in Star Trek! - break99, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9welcome the Enterprise-D computer control panel.
- jetsetter883, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6something tells me if the exact same thing was released by Apple it would be 'the most amazing thing ever'.
the Jobs disciples are just in denial that it was invented by Gates and crew.
now let's all go worship the iPhone. - skyscape, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Im sure there is quantity discount. You need at least 25 of these tables, thats $250K. ...thats not that much for this type of business.
- zadadka, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Jazh comment applies to you too.
- KSUdesigner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Better yet, go to Microsoft and ask them to fabricate a custom bar where the entire surface of the bar is a surface computer. Sure you'd pay out the ass for it, but that would be one hell of a bar.
- wonderchemist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4This also answers the long unanswered TNG question. How the computer knows someone is sitting on it and not to record it as input.
- nreisan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5@pcharles
except itunes is a bucket of ***** on a windows computer - hydroid, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/03/even_more_multitouch_screen.html
- skyscape, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6its like iPod and iPhony and other apple product are Apple's innovations. They are ripped off garbage as well.
- Escamillo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3This is my favorite sentence of the article:
"Surface applications can be written in Windows Presentation Foundation or XNA."
I refer to the "XNA" part. I'm a hobbiest XNA programmer, so I'd love to try my programming skills on this. Of course, in reality, the liklihood of my getting a chance is near-zero. :p I wonder if the Surface "SDK" provides a Surface-simulation platform that you can program against without needing to actually get a real 5k-10k dollar Surface box. - harlowsmonkeys, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Ignorance can be cured:
http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html - mburgoon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Does it play PacMan?
- heavyal, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Don't be an ass, do you really think a private sector company could put something like this out? No way! It takes thousands of man hours to research this kind of thing and then millions of dollars to test and finally implement it into a stable, useful technology. This is one of those rare situations where the behemoth that is MS is totally on point - they have the manpower and the funding to actually make this techno-wet-dream a reality and I for one would happily thump down 10K or more for something like it.
- fullphaser, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8I hate to be there the first time someone knocks over a drink all over that nice 10,000 dollar coffee table.
- KCorax, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Actually according to the article it's optimized for 52 touches.
- seanherman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3that is exactly the video I thought of when I saw the Microsoft announcement. Also, this video that a saw over a year ago of the same technology also attributed to Jeff Han (check the upload date, 2/06), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-y3ZNaCqs
Great to see such exciting technology actually making its way into the marketplace. - zadadka, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Back In The Day (around 1981 in this case) I played Space Invaders, Breakout and Galaxians on Atari "smoked glass coffee table" consoles in pubs & clubs in the UK....(Phil Collins' Something In The Air Tonight was invariably on the jukebox) and I saw them swim in drinks of varying viscosities on _many_ occasions too.......but there were no BSODs, no Factory Default Resets...they survived better than a Timex Watch in fact.
OK, the beasts weighed half a hundred-weight each.... but....hey....the point is made. - madhouseradio, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4It detects something embedded in the glass or plate. That functionality is mostly for restaurants.
- totorototoro, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4you will have to put a different barcode label on your fingers :p
- skyscape, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3All you have to do is apply a temporary film on top of the glass. The film is used to protect the glass from scratch. Once the film gets scratched it gets quickly replaced. It's no brainer
- Marijuana, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@gigaquack
That's what every generation says. - carl689, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2--Missed the edit window--
NVM, I was forgetting about the projector. Doesn't seem that bad of a price then I suppose. - fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1What you want to do is go find a Surface on display somewhere ... and install the games you write. : )
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