Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Surface Computer Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Surface Computer http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/surface+computer Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/surface+computer en Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:16 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:16 GMT Rev9 10 1 25 Settlers of Catan on Microsoft Surface The popular “Settlers of Catan” board game has been transported to Microsoft Surface, according to SeattlePi. The game, which typically involves a physical board, die and cards, has been made entirely digital thanks to Vectorform, a multi-platform design company and Microsoft partner. Reporter Nick Eaton got to see the Surface-enabled game up close and personal in Seattle, after stopping by the Vectorform offices for a demo.

The traditional analog elements of the game are now touchable, interactive graphics appearing on the Surface computer’s screen. And the game also hooks up to the Web, allowing for gamer accounts, leader boards and more. Users can even play each other over the Internet.

To see what Catan looks like on Surface, check out this photo gallery or this YouTube video. It definitely looks like fun!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Settlers-of-Catan-on-Microsoft-Surface The popular “Settlers of Catan” board game has been transported to Microsoft Surface, according to SeattlePi. The game, which typically involves a physical board, die and cards, has been made entirely digital thanks to Vectorform, a multi-platform design company and Microsoft partner. Reporter Nick Eaton got to see the Surface-enabled game up close and personal in Seattle, after stopping by the Vectorform offices for a demo. The traditional analog elements of the game are now touchable, interactive graphics appearing on the Surface computer’s screen. And the game also hooks up to the Web, allowing for gamer accounts, leader boards and more. Users can even play each other over the Internet. To see what Catan looks like on Surface, check out this photo gallery or this YouTube video. It definitely looks like fun! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Settlers-of-Catan-on-Microsoft-Surface Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:40:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Settlers-of-Catan-on-Microsoft-Surface Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Settlers-of-Catan-on-Microsoft-Surface/RSS Games Gaming Surface Surface Computer surface computing Pictionaire, a new Multitouch Table from Microsoft Research A joint project from Microsoft Research and the University of California brings us another touchscreen, mutitouch table-top computing experience. Like a larger version of Surface, the Pictionaire, as it’s called, is also operated via human touch using gestures made on the table’s surface. However, unlike Surface, the camera used features a higher resolution - and it’s positioned above the computer’s screen, via a mount on the ceiling. With this setup, the camera can “see” the items placed on the table and when the item is removed, it can be replaced with a digital version. For example, if you place a keyboard on the table, the Pictionaire will pull up a text-entry box. If you place a sketchbook on the table, a digital version of the page soon appears. You can even do this process in reverse – the Pictionaire can project a digitized image onto the real life object, like the digital sketchpad image projected onto a piece of paper so you can trace it back onto the physical page.

To see the Pictionaire in action, check out the videos posted over on Slashgear. The Pictionaire will be demonstrated at the Computer Supported Cooperative Work conference in Savannah, Georgia, next month.

(via New Scientist)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Pictionaire-a-new-Multitouch-Table-from-Microsoft-Research A joint project from Microsoft Research and the University of California brings us another touchscreen, mutitouch table-top computing experience. Like a larger version of Surface, the Pictionaire, as it’s called, is also operated via human touch using gestures made on the table’s surface. However, unlike Surface, the camera used features a higher resolution - and it’s positioned above the computer’s screen, via a mount on the ceiling. With this setup, the camera can “see” the items placed on the table and when the item is removed, it can be replaced with a digital version. For example, if you place a keyboard on the table, the Pictionaire will pull up a text-entry box. If you place a sketchbook on the table, a digital version of the page soon appears. You can even do this process in reverse – the Pictionaire can project a digitized image onto the real life object, like the digital sketchpad image projected onto a piece of paper so you can trace it back onto the physical page. To see the Pictionaire in action, check out the videos posted over on Slashgear. The Pictionaire will be demonstrated at the Computer Supported Cooperative Work conference in Savannah, Georgia, next month. (via New Scientist) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Pictionaire-a-new-Multitouch-Table-from-Microsoft-Research Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:07:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Pictionaire-a-new-Multitouch-Table-from-Microsoft-Research Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Pictionaire-a-new-Multitouch-Table-from-Microsoft-Research/RSS Microsoft Research Microsoft Surface Multitouch Multi-touch Surface Surface Computer surface computing Multi Touch Microsoft Reserach Hard Rock in Vegas Gets Microsoft Surface and Touchscreen Rock Wall Microsoft Surface is in the spotlight again. Some of you may have seen it in use during the E! network’s annual Red Carpet special at the Golden Globes this past weekend. At this event, fashion expert Jay Manuel used the tabletop computing platform during his “play-by-play” analysis of the stars’ designer duds, notes a post on the Surface blog. However, an even more interesting use of the technology comes from the recent installation in Las Vegas.

A Microsoft Surface machine has been installed in Vegas’s Hard Rock Cafe where a combination of Microsoft technologies that also includes Silverlight, SharePoint, and Windows are used in combination to present the company’s online collection of rock memorabilia to diners. Even cooler, the Cafe features something called the “Rock Wall,” an 18-foot-wide, 4-foot-tall touchscreen showcase of the Hard Rock’s treasures just like those found on Memorabilia website here.

This unique, customized experience lets Cafe diners interact with the rock history showcase on the giant glass screen while waiting for a table. They can also interact with the collection using a Microsoft Surface computer to zoom in and out of the memorabilia. The collection, which includes things like handwritten lyrics by John Lennon and Michael Jackson’s sequined glove, consistently draws a crowd eager to play with the Microsoft technology.

In addition to the Rock Wall and Surface computer, the Cafe’s customers can also interact with the memorabilia collection using 19” touchscreens installed in the restaurant’s booths.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Hard-Rock-in-Vegas-Gets-Microsoft-Surface-and-Touchscreen-Rock-Wall Microsoft Surface is in the spotlight again. Some of you may have seen it in use during the E! network’s annual Red Carpet special at the Golden Globes this past weekend. At this event, fashion expert Jay Manuel used the tabletop computing platform during his “play-by-play” analysis of the stars’ designer duds, notes a post on the Surface blog. However, an even more interesting use of the technology comes from the recent installation in Las Vegas. A Microsoft Surface machine has been installed in Vegas’s Hard Rock Cafe where a combination of Microsoft technologies that also includes Silverlight, SharePoint, and Windows are used in combination to present the company’s online collection of rock memorabilia to diners. Even cooler, the Cafe features something called the “Rock Wall,” an 18-foot-wide, 4-foot-tall touchscreen showcase of the Hard Rock’s treasures just like those found on Memorabilia website here. This unique, customized experience lets Cafe diners interact with the rock history showcase on the giant glass screen while waiting for a table. They can also interact with the collection using a Microsoft Surface computer to zoom in and out of the memorabilia. The collection, which includes things like handwritten lyrics by John Lennon and Michael Jackson’s sequined glove, consistently draws a crowd eager to play with the Microsoft technology. In addition to the Rock Wall and Surface computer, the Cafe’s customers can also interact with the memorabilia collection using 19” touchscreens installed in the restaurant’s booths. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Hard-Rock-in-Vegas-Gets-Microsoft-Surface-and-Touchscreen-Rock-Wall Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:13:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Hard-Rock-in-Vegas-Gets-Microsoft-Surface-and-Touchscreen-Rock-Wall Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Hard-Rock-in-Vegas-Gets-Microsoft-Surface-and-Touchscreen-Rock-Wall/RSS Microsoft Surface Surface Surface Computer surface computing touchscreen Hard Rock Cafe touch screen Look Behind SurfaceScapes Dungeons and Dragons demo video that was out in October using Microsoft Surface. Eric Havir on the Surface Blog has an interview with the student led project along with a status of the project. Read the Q&A here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Look-Behind-SurfaceScapes You may remember the Dungeons and Dragons demo video that was out in October using Microsoft Surface. Eric Havir on the Surface Blog has an interview with the student led project along with a status of the project. Read the Q&A here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Look-Behind-SurfaceScapes Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:50:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Look-Behind-SurfaceScapes Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Look-Behind-SurfaceScapes/RSS Gaming Surface Computer Finguistics: An Educational Game for Surface RM has a Microsoft Surface game for students in development meant to show how the computer can be used in an educational setting. There’s now a (long 10-minute) video of this game in action which is available for viewing here on YouTube. The video gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how the application was put together by RM, Lightbox, Infusion and Microsoft UK. “Finguistics,” in you’re wondering, is a word play application for Surface where students ages 5 and up, spell short words, make sentences, or play puzzle games in English, Spanish, and French. It sort of reminds me of magnetic poetry, I have to admit. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Finguistics-An-Educational-Game-for-Surface A UK-based educational software company called RM has a Microsoft Surface game for students in development meant to show how the computer can be used in an educational setting. There’s now a (long 10-minute) video of this game in action which is available for viewing here on YouTube. The video gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how the application was put together by RM, Lightbox, Infusion and Microsoft UK. “Finguistics,” in you’re wondering, is a word play application for Surface where students ages 5 and up, spell short words, make sentences, or play puzzle games in English, Spanish, and French. It sort of reminds me of magnetic poetry, I have to admit. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Finguistics-An-Educational-Game-for-Surface Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:02:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Finguistics-An-Educational-Game-for-Surface Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Finguistics-An-Educational-Game-for-Surface/RSS Education Microsoft Surface Surface Surface Computer surface computing educational Microsoft Surface and Mobile Phone Mashup What do you get when you combine a Microsoft Surface computer with a mobile phone? You get the new XRay mashup application from Stimulant Labs. This application, inspired by Microsoft’s SecondLight technology which debuted at PDC 2008, takes advantage of Surface’s object recognition capabilities to recognize the position of one or more mobile phones on the Surface computer. The technology allows the phones to “see through” the images and reveal a second layer of information – sort of like an X-Ray.

Although the demo they have posted on their site features the iPhone, they note that the technology is working with both Windows Mobile devices and Android, too.

You have to see the video of this: it’s amazing.

(via the Surface Team Blog)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Surface-and-Mobile-Phone-Mashup What do you get when you combine a Microsoft Surface computer with a mobile phone? You get the new XRay mashup application from Stimulant Labs. This application, inspired by Microsoft’s SecondLight technology which debuted at PDC 2008, takes advantage of Surface’s object recognition capabilities to recognize the position of one or more mobile phones on the Surface computer. The technology allows the phones to “see through” the images and reveal a second layer of information – sort of like an X-Ray. Although the demo they have posted on their site features the iPhone, they note that the technology is working with both Windows Mobile devices and Android, too. You have to see the video of this: it’s amazing. (via the Surface Team Blog) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Surface-and-Mobile-Phone-Mashup Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:38:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Surface-and-Mobile-Phone-Mashup Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Surface-and-Mobile-Phone-Mashup/RSS Microsoft Surface Surface Surface Computer surface computing Surface DJ Surface DJ is a killer app for Microsoft Surface which lets techo-loving DJs - or even wannabe DJs - work together to create songs using a Mixer-type application. As the DJs move objects into a specific area of the Microsoft Surface screen, different sounds are played. Or maybe I shouldn’t say “sounds,” because sounds alone weren’t enough for this app’s creators. That’s why Vectorform, the company behind the app, added in musical loops, too. Of course, the app is designed to take advantage of the Surface computer’s multi-touch capabilities since it lets multiple DJs work together to build a musical creation at the same time.

Want to see it in action? Check out this video:

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Surface-DJ Surface DJ is a killer app for Microsoft Surface which lets techo-loving DJs - or even wannabe DJs - work together to create songs using a Mixer-type application. As the DJs move objects into a specific area of the Microsoft Surface screen, different sounds are played. Or maybe I shouldn’t say “sounds,” because sounds alone weren’t enough for this app’s creators. That’s why Vectorform, the company behind the app, added in musical loops, too. Of course, the app is designed to take advantage of the Surface computer’s multi-touch capabilities since it lets multiple DJs work together to build a musical creation at the same time. Want to see it in action? Check out this video:   http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Surface-DJ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:56:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Surface-DJ Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Surface-DJ/RSS Microsoft Surface Surface Surface Computer Want to see a MultiTouch laptop? Charles Torre took a trip to Microsoft Research in the UK and got to look at some of our work behind MultiTouch laptops and LCD monitors. See the people shaping MultiTouch at Microsoft, the thought behind it, and what makes it different from Microsoft's Surface Computer.

Very cool video and technology, check it out. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Want-to-see-a-MultiTouch-laptop Channel 9's Charles Torre took a trip to Microsoft Research in the UK and got to look at some of our work behind MultiTouch laptops and LCD monitors. See the people shaping MultiTouch at Microsoft, the thought behind it, and what makes it different from Microsoft's Surface Computer. Very cool video and technology, check it out. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Want-to-see-a-MultiTouch-laptop Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Want-to-see-a-MultiTouch-laptop Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Want-to-see-a-MultiTouch-laptop/RSS Multitouch Surface Computer Multi Touch Bjork tours with multi-touch surface computer playing a reactable.

The reactable is an open-source application that runs on a surface computer. There are builds for a number of operating systems, but the device that immediately stood out to me, of course, was the Microsoft Surface. Read more on Tech Digest, read an interview with Damian Taylor about reactable on Wired, check out the reactable site here, or just watch the demo videos (1 and 2) on YouTube.

The videos are worth a watch if for no other reason than to get amped about the future of computing UI. How cool would it be to drop volume knobs specific to your applications all over your physical desktop? Or throw down some knobs tied real-time to properties in a 3D Studio Max model? ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Bjork-tours-with-multi-touch-surface-computer Bjork may be as crazy as a soup sandwich, but I'll give her credit for her latest phase being technologically interesting. She's put Grammy-nominated Damian Taylor on tour playing a reactable. The reactable is an open-source application that runs on a surface computer. There are builds for a number of operating systems, but the device that immediately stood out to me, of course, was the Microsoft Surface. Read more on Tech Digest, read an interview with Damian Taylor about reactable on Wired, check out the reactable site here, or just watch the demo videos (1 and 2) on YouTube.The videos are worth a watch if for no other reason than to get amped about the future of computing UI. How cool would it be to drop volume knobs specific to your applications all over your physical desktop? Or throw down some knobs tied real-time to properties in a 3D Studio Max model? http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Bjork-tours-with-multi-touch-surface-computer Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:50:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Bjork-tours-with-multi-touch-surface-computer Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Bjork-tours-with-multi-touch-surface-computer/RSS Music Surface Computer First Look: Microsoft Surface Computer!
I played with it long after the shoot was over. It's incredible. And I know many of you have the same question I did; when am I going to have one of these in my house? Surface computers will start with Microsoft partners getting first shot at various public applications, you'll most likely see them in action in Las Vegas first. Eventually prices will come down and production will go up and I expect we'll all be waving through our playlists on our coffee table before we know it. You'll also see in this video that wifi on the Zune can be used for more than just bursting a song or picture to a stranger. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/First-Look-Microsoft-Surfacing-Computing About a year ago I gave a presentation to a group of journalists about gadgets of the future and showed a video about a theoretical multi-touch computing system. When asked when we would see something like that in the wild, I optimistically ballparked 5-7 years. You can imagine my surprise when I walked into a room at Microsoft and found a fully functioning Microsoft Surface Computer (more than one, actually.)I played with it long after the shoot was over. It's incredible. And I know many of you have the same question I did; when am I going to have one of these in my house? Surface computers will start with Microsoft partners getting first shot at various public applications, you'll most likely see them in action in Las Vegas first. Eventually prices will come down and production will go up and I expect we'll all be waving through our playlists on our coffee table before we know it. You'll also see in this video that wifi on the Zune can be used for more than just bursting a song or picture to a stranger. 1095 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/First-Look-Microsoft-Surfacing-Computing Wed, 30 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/First-Look-Microsoft-Surfacing-Computing Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 42 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/First-Look-Microsoft-Surfacing-Computing/RSS Zune Surface Computer First Look