Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface, is a multi-touch product from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects. It was announced on May 29, 2007 at D5 conference. Initial customers will be in the hospitality businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, retail, public entertainment venues and the military for tactical overviews. The preliminary launch was on April 17, 2008, when Surface became available for customer use in AT&T stores. The Surface is also being used in the CBS series CSI: MIAMI, where the crime lab uses it for investigation purposes, the MSNBC coverage of the 2008 US presidential election, Disneylands future home exhibits, and various hotels and casinos. As of March 2009, Microsoft had 120 partners in 11 countries that are developing applications for Surface's interface.

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• surface
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[litl3star]

Woah,thats awesome! I wanna get 1, how?

[chirt1]

i know, but it cost's ALOT

[MiekFly]

end of 2007? it's 2011 and i've never seen one anywhere..

[arjay2002ph]

in the future each home would own maybe 2 to 3 of those.

[MadCircle01]

i wanna shit on top of it to see how it interacts with dookie, ipad rules

[MAYFdotcom]

Its 2009, I didn't see this at Walmart

[AUSmactec]

The computer for to process that information would be huge.

[AnimeProductionsInc]

oooooo nice...

[AirplaneEatsSky23]

5 to 10,000 bucks

[AnimeProductionsInc]

how much?

[stevengibanezp]

its like the computer they have on the movie eagle eye