Microsoft's Milan
Yesterday, the future arrived. Or at least we had a good preview about it. I'm talking about Microsoft's latest computing platform: Surface, previously dubbed as 'Milan'. I'm too lazy too discuss it's definition and stuff so I'm gonna excerpt some from the fact sheet, "Surface is a 30-inch display in a table-like form factor that’s easy for individuals or small groups to interact with in a way that feels familiar, just like in the real world. Surface can simultaneously recognize dozens and dozens of movements such as touch, gestures and actual unique objects that have identification tags similar to bar codes."
Here's more:
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Direct interaction. Users can actually “grab” digital information with their hands and interact with content through touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
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Multi-touch contact. Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger as with a typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once.
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Multi-user experience. The horizontal form factor makes it easy for several people to gather around surface computers together, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience.
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Object recognition. Users can place physical objects on the surface to trigger different types of digital responses, including the transfer of digital content.
Surface is really mind-blowing! Multi-touch is one thing, but Object Recognition? Man, that is something. Here's another video demo. It will really change the way we interact with computers. I think this will benefit most on productivity and interactivity.