Microsoft unveils its “Surface” computer
Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new computer called Surface. It’s a coffee table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.
Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a shiny black table base, topped with a 30-inch touchscreen in a clear acrylic frame. Five cameras that can sense nearby objects are mounted beneath the screen. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by setting real-world items tagged with special bar-code labels on top of it.
The machines are set to arrive in November in T-Mobile USA stores and properties owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Harrah`s Entertainment Inc.
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How do you say absolute waste in consumer electronic products? Surface.
By Dave on May 30, 2007 9:23 am
It is a coffee table :)
By Minic Rivera on May 30, 2007 9:25 am