Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface is a revolutionary multi-touch computer that responds to natural hand gestures and real-world objects such as cameras and mobile phones. This new and emerging technology helps people interact with digital content in a simple way with a large, horizontal user interface. Microsoft Surface offers a unique gathering place where multiple users can interact with data and each other at the same time, which is great for business and educational settings, and has even been used by hotels and travel agencies to book trips for vacation and holidays.

Microsoft Surface lets you grab digital content with your hands and move information with simple gestures and touches. Microsoft Surface sees and interacts with objects placed on the screen, allowing you to move information between devices like mobile phones or cameras.

Microsoft Surface uses cameras and image recognition in the infrared spectrum to recognize different types of objects such as fingers and shapes. This input is then processed by the computer and the resulting interaction is displayed using rear projection. The user can interact with the computer using natural touch and hand gestures, instead of a typical mouse and keyboard.

Microsoft Surface has four key capabilities that make it such a unique experience and technology. These four capabilities include, which I have briefly described above includes:

1) Direct interaction- through touch and gesture on the screen.

2) Multi-user experience- the large 30 inch screen allows multiple people to gather around and interact with one another.

3) Multi-touch- the screen by responding to many different points of contact at once from various different people.

4) Object recognition- users can place physical objects on the screen to trigger digital responses.

Check out the short clip from you tube to get a better understanding about Microsoft Surface:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0