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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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