Saturday 2 June 2007

Microsoft Surface - At Last!!!

I like many people saw the You Tubevideo several months ago demonstrating a multi-touch touch screen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-y3ZNaCqs). Massively excited but frustrated by the lack of information - I chalked it up as one of those things that undoubtedly would turn up again in the future. Since then the guys that made thsis video have formed a company called Perceptive Pixel, and have made an even more impressive demo (http://www.perceptivepixel.com/) - still not much more information, but they do at least have an email address now that you can contact them on.
However perhaps even more exciting is Microsofts release of Microsoft Surface (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/) The sample videos look amazing truely amazing, I doubt they can actually do much of what the demo suggests at the moment, but just the prospect of having a multi touch panel near the market gets me massively excited. Sadly they seem to be marketing towards to the Hotel and Entertainment industries, but I really want one on my desk!!!

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