Comments on: Microsoft Surface: a little special table

By: His Shadow

His Shadow — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:34:57 +0000

> phishybongwaters
> I guess someone needs to explain this to you guys.

Not really.

> THIS IS MULTI TOUCH DISPLAY. Yes, this IS revolutionary.

No, it is NOT a multitouch display. The display isn’t even reactive! It’s a projector and a collection of motion sensing cameras! Actual multitouch systems have already been developed and demonstrated and they are light years ahead of this cobbled together crap. Throw in the fact that the demos are faked (bar codes? are they fvcking serious?) and you have another Microsoft brain fart that won’t go anywhere.

> And yes, it works EXACTLY like minority report, google
> “multitouch display project” to see the early demo videos > of it in action.

Did you even SEE Minority Report? THERE WAS NO TABLE! Microsoft’s “Surface” has a lot in common with the computer effects in Minority Report, however. Neither of them are real products.

By: 0101010

0101010 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:55:01 +0000

1 word:

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By: Leechy-kun

Leechy-kun — Thu, 31 May 2007 10:40:31 +0000

Wonder if it can identify your body parts like say some erogenous part and allows you to… you know choose stuff XD *flees*

By: 0n1n3

0n1n3 — Thu, 31 May 2007 06:34:06 +0000

i remember those touch screen casino game things in a local pizza store. this was like 5 years ago. is it the same? lol well yeah except its a pc and not just a basic casino game >.>
but still

By: JImmy

JImmy — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:49:31 +0000

this ain’t stolen from Minority reports you moreons, even it existed long time ago in bank atm’s, restaurant touch screens, etc. even the nintendo ds…..this ain’t nothing new

By: D.A.R.K.

D.A.R.K. — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:09:04 +0000

people are saying it isnt a big deal but this will be huge in the years to come…

im pretty sure they will use more things than a table…

overall when most of us reach the senior age i see this being a normal item worldwide

By: J

Thu, 31 May 2007 02:59:31 +0000

If this was Apple selling this, everyone would be praising it. Be honest.

Objectivity in your rating of the product is preferred.

By: Te3

Te3 — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:19:45 +0000

I dont see what the big deal with this is, Im more amazed with my Nintendo DS Lite than this. This will go nowhere.

By: hibby

hibby — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:47:02 +0000

Ahh, the 10 grand Wank Table – I was wondering when this would arrive on the scene.

Might be nice to invite the Jehovah’s Witnesses or similar god-botherers round for a chat over your livestreaming hardcore bestiality porn table. More tea Vicar?

By: Wekke

Wekke — Wed, 30 May 2007 21:05:39 +0000

SoniKalien is right
MS is “trying” to control the world
I hope the software of this thingy is bug free
but noone with a normal wage will ever know

By: SoniKalien (not staff)

SoniKalien (not staff) — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:25:13 +0000

If it can read the bardcode on a glass of wine, how far will it go? Think about it – everybody has fingerprints, so it may be possible that these devices could be used to track a lot of information about us as individuals… sorry folks, but ever since I saw Space Odyssey I have been suspicious of anything more powerful than pocket calculator

By: Peppie

Peppie — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:23:26 +0000

Nice interview and hands on at Redmond
“First Look: Microsoft Surfacing Computing!”
http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/first-look-microsoft-surfacing-computing/

By: J

Wed, 30 May 2007 19:56:22 +0000

Oh please, some of you don’t even know what you’re talking about: “this has been done before”…yeah, okay.

Ultimately, the basic concept has been created previously. However, Microsoft is bringing it to the forefront unlike any other company (particularly because they are huge) and are integrating different features into one product.

The overall concept is DIFFERENT from anything else, admit it.

By: Malay

Malay — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:50:48 +0000

Hi!! This is great product from Microsoft. Microsoft is really picking up gear into hardware technology aprt from its superb software products.

This can be one of the biggest succeesser of all products.

By: Q

Wed, 30 May 2007 18:25:16 +0000

BEFORE=AFTER