Comments on: Microsoft Surface http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/ Technology at the Walker Art Center Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:07:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: NiyazK http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-114699 NiyazK Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:34:00 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-114699 thats great to know about.. Good Luck To MS :D thats great to know about.. Good Luck To MS :D

]]> By: Scott http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-50266 Scott Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-50266 This multi-touch, object positioning and orientation technology is can also be used in the field of live music performance. These guys built their own "surface" in just over two years. The entire project is open source and your can build your own own surface using off the shelf parts. http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?media This multi-touch, object positioning and orientation technology is can also be used in the field of live music performance.

These guys built their own “surface” in just over two years. The entire project is open source and your can build your own own surface using off the shelf parts.

http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?media

]]> By: Justin Heideman http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-49561 Justin Heideman Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-49561 @blue22: I agree the NFC capabilities are exciting, but I am a bit skeptical of Microsoft's ability to do it right. They have a history of not fully implementing standards. Do I have to be running Windows Mobile on my phone (no thanks) to talk to the surface? The interesting thing here is that it shifts or shares the burden of NFC from the phone's interface to the device. I suppose that can be true with other NFC devices as well, but this is a stunning example of it. @blue22:
I agree the NFC capabilities are exciting, but I am a bit skeptical of Microsoft’s ability to do it right. They have a history of not fully implementing standards. Do I have to be running Windows Mobile on my phone (no thanks) to talk to the surface?

The interesting thing here is that it shifts or shares the burden of NFC from the phone’s interface to the device. I suppose that can be true with other NFC devices as well, but this is a stunning example of it.

]]> By: blue22 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-49243 blue22 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:11:31 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-49243 The surface computer combined with NFC is the work of a genius, as it changes the computer user's experience...from individual to group....from vertical to horizontal... the horizontal change is particularly interesting, as gravity permits the NFC interface mobile objects (phones, PDA, cameras, iPODs) that become immobile by being placed on the surface...in the case of the phones, this will permit/promote impulsive spending as a group, since the phones are soon becoming the wireless wallets of this century... Consider the current large-scale testing of the Kyocera-Sirit NFC phones in the Southeatern USA with ramp-up expected by August...with the Microsoft Surface launch also expected this fall, and you may begin to consider the impact of Surface + Wireless Wallets upon business... ...this approach to computing IS coming soon to a store, theater, bar, living-room near you...your children won't know life without it... The surface computer combined with NFC is the work of a genius, as it changes the computer user’s experience…from individual to group….from vertical to horizontal…

the horizontal change is particularly interesting, as gravity permits the NFC interface mobile objects (phones, PDA, cameras, iPODs) that become immobile by being placed on the surface…in the case of the phones, this will permit/promote impulsive spending as a group, since the phones are soon becoming the wireless wallets of this century…

Consider the current large-scale testing of the Kyocera-Sirit NFC phones in the Southeatern USA with ramp-up expected by August…with the Microsoft Surface launch also expected this fall, and you may begin to consider the impact of Surface + Wireless Wallets upon business…

…this approach to computing IS coming soon to a store, theater, bar, living-room near you…your children won’t know life without it…

]]> By: What is the Microsoft Surface? http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-48973 What is the Microsoft Surface? Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:31:07 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-48973 I doubt that the Surface can run Linux. It's innovation is in the user interface, not the hardware. Any university could cobble together a few cameras and have them track objects near a screen. It's the translation into commands that is innovative. I doubt that the Surface can run Linux. It’s innovation is in the user interface, not the hardware. Any university could cobble together a few cameras and have them track objects near a screen. It’s the translation into commands that is innovative.

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