Fine art of surfacing
Posted on June 5th, 2007 by sherrilynne
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has unveiled the company’s first surface computing product — Microsoft Surface. Its supposed to be an innovation that will change the way people shop, dine, entertain and live.Surface is a horizontal display on a table-like frame that goes from being an ordinary tabletop into a new tool for bringing digital content to users. What is cool about it is the way people interact with digital content by using their hands.
With natural gestures, touch and using physical objects, the user can interact with digital content effortlessly. And because Surface is housed in what is essentially a table, it is easy for people to gather around it to collaborate in a way that feels familiar. Click here, to see the rest of this Isle of Man Examiner Tech Talk column.
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