Microsoft Project Gustav

During a preview of Microsoft's annual TechFest event this week, the company's researchers showed a technology dubbed Project Gustav, which attempts to replicate the experience of painting without all the mess. As per usual, no word on whether or when this might be made into a product, but as you can tell from the video, it was probably the furthest along and most fully realized of the various prototypes we saw.

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[viku1975]

This is all an alternate implementation of Pranav Mistry's concept of sixth sense. Microsoft has never been a pioneer. they have been cheats and thiefs all along. they pick up and create a new look with a easy to use interface.

[drawnhere]

@Duraltia

They didn't show the Wacom Cintiq, here, in conjunction with Project Gustav.

But thanks for your unnecessarily rude "clarification."

[Duraltia]

@drawnhere

Why even bother to comment if you're not even familiar with today's technology?

That "plastic pad" you're ranting about is a Wacom Intuos4 which is somewhat the "Little Brother" of the Wacom Cintiq which IS a Screen to DIRECTLY brush on like that LapTop shown @ 2:50 / 3:33 using a pressure sensitive Stylus instead of Fingers.

So I guess we'd say it's awesome, isn't it?

[HiGCP]

very nice i like windows!!

[ResidentAk]

looks like ArtRage

[urzokmx]

For real artists this really sucks!

[Nostyboss]

painting hero?

[marcuskickass]

NICE....this would sell alot in the videgame industry

[shenry44]

LOL! weak? are you kidding me? this is a prototype and it is LIGHT YEARS ahead of the other ways you can draw one to one with a computer.

[drawnhere]

If you coudl use a bare brush DIRECTLY on the screen, that would be awesome, but based on the video, you apparently need a plastic pad.