Microsofts Big Announcement Today.

[LordChowder]

Surface

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

amazing.

[WiGgLr]

that'll fuck off the apple fanboys

[Archaos]

your telling me I can watch porn and eat cereal on my table now?

[Victis]

I saw this in minority report!

[Grog]

your telling me I can watch porn and eat cereal on my table now?
I saw this in minority report!
???

[Archaos]

It looks kind of stupid, like they are trying to make computers for old retarded people.

"Oh wow, this isn't a computer, its a cool table"

I can see how it would be useful though.

[WiGgLr]

It looks kind of stupid, like they are trying to make computers for old retarded people.

"Oh wow, this isn't a computer, its a cool table"

I can see how it would be useful though.

that'll fuck off the apple fanboys
..

[Archaos]

your dots confuse me.

[Digita1]

He's calling you an Apple fanboy, you Apple fanboy!

[Alrus]

It looks good but I dont really see the point?

[LordChowder]

funny, because apple will be using multitouch technology too in the iphone and everyones like "WOW THATS SO COOL!" ms uses it in the greatest ways possible where its actually cool, and its stupid. LOL OK

[Craysh]

I saw the preliminaries for this quite some time ago thanks to digg. It could be a very fun thing, and if they do things right (it's Microsoft, so it's a crap shoot) and if they work hard to make it more than just a novelty, then it could indeed change the way we do things.

P.S. It wasn't Minority report, they had an isolinear holographic display. The Island had the table bad-assedness.

[Perant]

It looks good but I dont really see the point?

yeah, putting phones and zunes and stuff on the thing and trading music and shit looks really cool, and the bank card thing was cool, but everything else seemed useless. why would i need one of thoes things to "sort the day's photos"? and fuck writing an email longer than "hi mom" with that thing.

[Talorth]

Interesting idea but that shit aint cheap :P.

(Apple sucks)

[Craysh]

yeah, putting phones and zunes and stuff on the thing and trading music and shit looks really cool, and the bank card thing was cool, but everything else seemed useless. why would i need one of thoes things to "sort the day's photos"? and fuck writing an email longer than "hi mom" with that thing.

God knows that my pics stay in my phone until I run out of room because I'm too lazy to go through all the crap of pulling it off of it.

[Talorth]

yeah, putting phones and zunes and stuff on the thing and trading music and shit looks really cool, and the bank card thing was cool, but everything else seemed useless. why would i need one of thoes things to "sort the day's photos"? and fuck writing an email longer than "hi mom" with that thing.

People adopt flashy things I guess...

[Craysh]

I also like the idea of placing my cellphone on the table, getting directions and plans set up on the table, then dragging it to my cellphone to download the GPS directions etc.
Setting stuff like that up is easier on the computer, but you still have to go through the rigamaroll of using proprietary programs for each thing, and then trying to get a connection (usually an cable connection, just what I need: yet another cable in my laptop bag >.>)

[Perant]

yeah, the thought of downloading a song and getting it on an mp3 player by popping it on a table is pretty cool. those two chicks trading songs between their zune though were probably unaware that it'd disappear after three days or three plays =(

[Alrus]

funny, because apple will be using multitouch technology too in the iphone and everyones like "WOW THATS SO COOL!" ms uses it in the greatest ways possible where its actually cool, and its stupid. LOL OK

Never thought the iphone was super cool, you guys are so defensive Oo

The multitouch technology looks cool but has no real point imo.

[Craysh]

If implemented right, it could literally be a revolution in our every day life.

[Talorth]

I also like the idea of placing my cellphone on the table, getting directions and plans set up on the table, then dragging it to my cellphone to download the GPS directions etc.
Setting stuff like that up is easier on the computer, but you still have to go through the rigamaroll of using proprietary programs for each thing, and then trying to get a connection (usually an cable connection, just what I need: yet another cable in my laptop bag >.>)

Yay! Proprietaryness!

[Craysh]

Yay! Proprietaryness!

Proprietary wouldn't work in this case.
The way they're marketing it, they want everyone to be able to use one. So I'd imagine you'd have to have something like bluetooth.

[Archaos]

He's calling you an Apple fanboy, you Apple fanboy!

But I hate macs.

I R no apple fanboi !

[Talorth]

Proprietary wouldn't work in this case.
The way they're marketing it, they want everyone to be able to use one. So I'd imagine you'd have to have something like bluetooth.

I'd like to know exactly how it identifies the shit thats put on the screen... I can't seem to find any info on that... : / Bluetooth would make sense though...

[LordChowder]

wifi is the biggy. the zunes were able to transfer songs and pictures with that because of their wifi. the gps units, cameras, phones in those demos all had wifi. so while it may be able to use bluetooth, it wont be the main thing.

[LordChowder]

as for knowing the drink and stuff, theres barcodes on the bottom of the glass from what i understand.

[Craysh]

wifi is the biggy. the zunes were able to transfer songs and pictures with that because of their wifi. the gps units, cameras, phones in those demos all had wifi. so while it may be able to use bluetooth, it wont be the main thing.

I can see Wifi but that would be a kind of a sticky thing IMHO. Bluetooth would make more sense because it's more powerful and has higher bandwidth at short ranges, (unless we're talking about 802.11N that is).
Bluetooth is also more effective in security, but like linux they have to know what they're doing in locking it down.

[Zelandra]

hahahahaha, I just called my friend who is a huge Apple geek and he's so freaking pissed at Microsoft.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

L-O-L @ APPLE

[Inxile]

i agree with aluur

its cool and all but its more of a fancy toy.

i don't see that much of a practical use. but meh we'll see how ms markets it

[Xin3]

Things will get real interesting when this type of technology or something similar becomes affordable and integrated into ...well just about everything XD.

[Talorth]

Things will get real interesting when this type of technology or something similar becomes affordable and integrated into ...well just about everything XD.

in xin3's vagina so that when you thrust it goes a creepy blue wavy effect!

[Craysh]

Things will get real interesting when this type of technology or something similar becomes affordable and integrated into ...well just about everything XD.

Hopefully this will just be a stepping stone. 2D manipulation is simple for a computer to do, even with 6-12 points of contacts that Surface seems capable of.
It's the 3D manipulation that will need to come from this that I think will be amazing. :mrgreen:

[Xin3]

in xin3's vagina so that when you thrust it goes a creepy blue wavy effect!

Hopefully this will just be a stepping stone. 2D manipulation is simple for a computer to do, even with 6-12 points of contacts that Surface seems capable of.
It's the 3D manipulation that will need to come from this that I think will be amazing. :mrgreen:


lol, i look forward to the day i can manipulate a pair of breasts complete with tactile forcefeedback jigglyness and all (*cough* not to objectify any of you women out there - you'll have forcefeeedback pensis's to play with too, well i guess you've already got vibrating dildos XD) :p

[Craysh]

lol, i look forward to the day i can manipulate a pair of breasts complete with tactile forcefeedback jigglyness and all :grin:
That... would make cybering a whole new experience O.o o.O

[damme]

Whats wrong with objectifying women?

[mono]

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[Craysh]

I knew I saw this somewhere before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhMVNdplJc&mode=related&search=

[Grog]

why am i reading this and not playing fable?