> -----Original Message----- > From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Microsft Surface > > .... > > Comparing this to a touchpad is like comparing the Atari 2600 > joystick to a > > PlayStation 3 SIXAXIS: they both do sorta the same kind of thing... > but are > > nothing alike. > > Dang Jim! That does sound pretty cool. Looks pretty flashy too! > > Cameras, eh? Close to lasers... Wonder if it works in the dark? ;-)
I'm sure it does - the screen casts enough light for the sensors to pick things up. It also means that the surface can be ruggedized: you might see a high-end dance floor that can "replay" your steps. Taking it further a museum floor could lead you exhibits (recognizing your shoe prints) and know if you've gotten off track. That's all pie-in-the-sky but capability is definitely there. > Yeah, don't get me wrong, I'd freaking love to have one, (wouldn't mind > an > i-phone either, or even a psp... *sigh* =]) ya know? > > I think a real revolutionizer will be roll-up touch-screens. It'll be > awesome, > people will once again carry scroll cases... but they'll be like > super-scrolls... That'll definitely be a sea-change as well - not just for portability but for applicability. A flexible screen could be mounted almost anyplace. Your car steering wheel (or at least the top of it) could be a "screen" - as can your dashboard (no matter how the designers want to model it). Your watch might be simply a bracelet-shaped screen - no "watch" anymore, just an interactive band where every outside surface can display information. Coupled with personal networking that same "watch" could display newsfeeds or books streaming from a PDA or phone: you could wear the screen on your wrist, then sit down on the subway, take it off and stretch it out to read. To give yourself a little more real-estate you might wear a cloth-like screen on your thigh: sit down and read the newspaper off your lap. ;^) Surface computing will give us the tools to understand and work with such displays. Flexible displays will free us to place them anyplace. > Ever read that book Diamond Age? I enjoyed it quite a bit... No - is it fiction or non-fiction? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235906 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
