Comments on: Microsoft Surface http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:08 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: NiyazK http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-393 NiyazK Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:34:00 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-393 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-page-1/#comment-390 Scott Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:43:09 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-390 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-page-1/#comment-389 Justin Heideman Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-389 @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-page-1/#comment-387 blue22 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:11:31 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-387 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-page-1/#comment-385 What is the Microsoft Surface? Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:31:07 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-385 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.

]]> By: colin http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-388 colin Thu, 31 May 2007 18:10:11 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-388 This is exciting! I found more videos on this site. Bill Gates' commentary is interesting. http://multi-touchscreen.com/microsoft-surface-video-multi-touch-jeff-han-apple-bill-gates.html This is exciting! I found more videos on this site. Bill Gates’ commentary is interesting.

http://multi-touchscreen.com/microsoft-surface-video-multi-touch-jeff-han-apple-bill-gates.html

]]> By: geekr http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-386 geekr Thu, 31 May 2007 16:05:23 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface/#comment-386 The virtual and the real world just got a bit closer with the interaction possibilities of Surface. Exciting news considering that mice and keyboard rules the UI since ages. The virtual and the real world just got a bit closer with the interaction possibilities of Surface. Exciting news considering that mice and keyboard rules the UI since ages.

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