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Microsoft
Surface
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What is Microsoft Surface?
Microsoft surface is a surface computing platform that respond tonatural hand gestures and real world objects.
Surface features a 360 degrees UI, 30inch reflective table topdisplay which allows us to grab the data with our hands and moveinformation between objects with natural gestures .
All we can do with out Keyboard
and Mouse.
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Surface Computing?
Surface computing represents a computer that has fundamentalchange in the way we interact with digital content.
It offers a Natural way of interacting with information rather than
traditional interactions
CUI GUI NUI
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EVOLUTION AND HISTORY
The surface - Steve and Andy Wilson of
Idea by Microsoft research.(2001)
Vision - To bridge the physical and
virtual world
Over 85 prototypes since 2001.
First design a Virtual Game table.
Release on 2007 at a
Digital conference.
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KEY FEATURESDirect interaction : Multi-Touch :
Multi-User : Object Recognition:
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ARCHITECTURE
Screen : Touch-sensitive.Not Electronic.
Diffuse illumination.
Uses domino codes.
Infrared: An 850-nmLed aimedat the screen.
When the surface is touched
the light reflects back.
It is picked by 5 infrared
cameras.
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CPU: Similar components as a Desktop computer.
core2duo processor.
2Gb of RAM.
Bluetooth antennas.
Modified Vista os.
Projector: Uses a DLP light Engine.
(Digital Light Processing)
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TECHNICAL DETAILS
DOMINO tags:
Similar to barcodes.
Tags consists of variously sized dots.
Geometrical arrangement of DOTs recognized by
Infrared cameras implies the position of object
Surface can respond 54 touches at a time.
For 4 people and 12 objects
PIXEL-SENCE technology:
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PIXEL-SENCE TECHNOLOGYThe individual pixels in the display see whats touching the screen and
thus information can be processed and interpreted just like human brainworking.
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APPLICATIONSOrganizing photos and videos and manipulate instantly.
Instant Data sharing with other devices and other persons
(mail) just by finger tips.
Transforming print to digital data.
Easy browse through play list entries.
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APPLICATIONSSurface restaurant like order food drinks via surface
Most useful at business discussions and multi user gaming.
Easy to take complex shopping decisions product comparison.
New shopping experience just like make payment by dropping
credit card
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Pros and Cons
PROS: Intuitive user interaction with natural gestures.
Collaborative computing experience.
Mediator between devices.
Multi-touch environment Object-recognition
CONS:
Incredibly expensive.($5000-10000) Surface is not portable.
Need dim lighting to avoid washing out the screen.
Need to put barcodes on objects to recognize.
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