Surface Demo (Boston area)

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Jay — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

At first I thought it was about that crappy NBC show a year or so back. Anyways, still boring.

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Unc1e B0b — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

nice... too bad i dont live in boston

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HunterXI — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:05:54 GMT

Anon 21:

The Surface table is an image recognition system (it senses the touching with an IR camera). This also means it can detect different symbols/patterns, like the underside of a WiFi-enabled device or RFID-chipped card (the unit I saw worked with a specific WiFi camera the lady had), or, as will be probably done in the future, a sort of circular bar code Microsoft created for this thing (could be in a glass or on the back of a Zune, for instance).

Damn, Surface is cool. So much potential. I wouldn't be surprised if in 10-20 years it's totally ubiquitous.

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Revelation Six — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:16:26 GMT

I would like to know how Surface interfaces with the gadgets and credit card. Would there be special chips in certain devices, probably exclusive to Microsoft, or some other way of interfacing? All in all, it looks pretty damn cool. There's no denying that technology like this is going to be widespread in the near future. The interfacing is the coolest feature though, IMO.

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TES7769 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:21:11 GMT

I have some buisness in that part of the city in the morning so i just might stop by and check out the demo.It sounds like it's going to be really interesting.

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XSAVAGE — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:32:39 GMT

is the next dashboard update gonna have Divx and Xvid support and also a web browser? , that would be awesome , i would actually pay for that.

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Sgt Mofo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:58:01 GMT

This definitely sounds cool, but to me it's still a novelty and not a necessity. It definitely seems like it can do more than what the videos show (which btw are still cool), but nothing on there says "wow I must get this". If it progresses, this could be the next big invention, but if this is all it's gonna do...why are you bothering?

BTW, at first glance I thought this was that thing I saw on TV for Kitchen's of the Future with all that voice recognition, recipes, outlines for how far to stretch dough on your counter-top, etc. How's that coming along? And what's its name?

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HunterXI — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:59:56 GMT

Sweet. I'm literally 3 minutes away by foot. I'll go check it out with my tech-loving Dad. SO glad I updated this RSS feed today...

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duzzyman — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:18:34 GMT

After I saw the videos for it I wanted one. The idea is so cool. Its more aimed at commercial use but I wouldn't suprised to see a residental market for it.

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tapo — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:50:36 GMT

Hmm, that's within walking distance of my dorm, I guess I'll go down and check out the 'big ass table'.

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RageKage657 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:08:51 GMT

I live 20 minutes north of Boston. How neat.

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John Q Taxpayer — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:55:51 GMT

Interesting... too bad I moved out of that place to move into this Hellhole in South Florida.

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SPARTAN 294 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:16:43 GMT

This looks awesome but i have one tiny question if im hoping to replace my "old school" coffee table how much will this thing cost and where would i buy it ? if anyone could help i would appreciate it

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SkydiveGuy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:53:51 GMT

Darn it! I live 20 minutes south of Boston and can't make it! I wish Maj had posted a little easlier about this. I could have changed my plans for tomorrow. :-(

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Rob02150 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:45:41 GMT

"Why does Boston get all the good demos!?"

What are you talking about? This is the first time I've ever seen anything in Boston. I might check it out, but seeing as it's pretty pricey, I doubt I'll go...

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DarkBlades25 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:59:12 GMT

But what does this mean for Xbox? I could honestly see Tom Clancys End War using this efficiently, as well as RTS games and even some arcade games. But what does this mean for Xbox In general? I doubt nothing, surface will reach Xboxs field.