As the name suggests, Surface is the technology from Microsoft which enables users to practically use any surface (large enough) as an interactive computing device. It enables people to use touch and real world objects to share digital content at the same time. The first version was launched in the year 2007 at the D5 Conference, and began shipping to customers in 2008. It could support multi-touches (up to 50 touches simultaneously) and can sense real world objects. It is from this technology that the concept of multi-touch became the “talk of the town”.
Microsoft partnered with Samsung recently to announce the current version (2.0) of Surface, the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface (“SUR40”), at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2011. The Microsoft Surface 2.0 SDK is also available to the developers to create NUI (Natural User Interface) touch applications for Surface and Windows 7 touch PC’s.
The new features in Surface 2.0
For more details on Surface, visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/whatissurface.aspx
What is PixelSense?
PixelSense allows a display to recognize fingers, hands, and objects placed on the screen, enabling vision-based interaction without the use of cameras. The individual pixels in the display see what's touching the screen and that information is immediately processed and interpreted.
Think of it like the connection between the eye and the brain. You need both, working together, to see. In this case, the eye is the sensor in the panel, it picks up the image and it feeds that to the brain which is our vision input processor that recognizes the image and does something with it. Taken in whole…this is PixelSense technology.
Visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/pixelsense.aspx for more info on PixelSense and how it works.
Microsoft partnered with Samsung recently to announce the current version (2.0) of Surface, the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface (“SUR40”), at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2011. The Microsoft Surface 2.0 SDK is also available to the developers to create NUI (Natural User Interface) touch applications for Surface and Windows 7 touch PC’s.
The new features in Surface 2.0
- Slim device. The new hardware is 4 inches thin.
- A richer visual experience. With the rich color saturation from a full HD display and a larger screen, Surface offers a compelling, immersive visual experience that draws people in.
- A vision-based touch experience. With PixelSense™, Microsoft Surface sees and responds to touch and real world objects.
- Touch-enabled from start to finish.
- New Quick Controls. Venue staff can adjust basic settings like volume, brightness, and input source.
- More customization options. An improved configuration utility means you can quickly make changes to background images, configure applications, and modify settings without getting into code.
- Easier remote administration. Windows PowerShell scripts are easy to use and create, so Surface can be deployed in an enterprise setting.
- Streamlined development for touch. The Microsoft Surface platform makes development easier with applications for Windows 7 that run on Windows Touch devices and with enhanced capabilities on the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface
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| Surface showing interactive ultrasound, and ability to directly stream the same to a Windows Phone. |
For more details on Surface, visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/whatissurface.aspx
What is PixelSense?
PixelSense allows a display to recognize fingers, hands, and objects placed on the screen, enabling vision-based interaction without the use of cameras. The individual pixels in the display see what's touching the screen and that information is immediately processed and interpreted.
Think of it like the connection between the eye and the brain. You need both, working together, to see. In this case, the eye is the sensor in the panel, it picks up the image and it feeds that to the brain which is our vision input processor that recognizes the image and does something with it. Taken in whole…this is PixelSense technology.
Visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/pixelsense.aspx for more info on PixelSense and how it works.
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