Channel 9 - Entries tagged with surface computing Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with surface computing http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/surface+computing 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+computing en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:31:35 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:31:35 GMT Rev9 8 1 25 Surface Driven Robot
For more details see the Surface Blog, or watch the live stream here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Surface-Driven-Robot The Microsoft Surface Blog is linking to a Doctoral Thesis Defense that will be streaming live at 1PM eastern today (in 9 minutes) that will preview a system to directly control robots via a Microsoft Surface Computer. For more details see the Surface Blog, or watch the live stream here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Surface-Driven-Robot Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Surface-Driven-Robot Larry Larsen Larry Larsen 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LarryLarsen/Surface-Driven-Robot/RSS Robotics Robotics Studio Surface surface computing 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 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 Two More Cool Surface Apps Do you love checking out the latest apps for Microsoft Surface? Obviously, we do. Recently we gave you a look at Surface apps for banking, for education, and for fun. Just recently, I came across two more – this time, they’re for use in the medical industry and warehousing. These two apps aren’t brand-new, but I had never seen them before, so perhaps you haven’t either.

The first app is VitruView, which was designed by InterKnowlogy, is based on a prototype WPF application. This app is to help with angiography procedures. In other words, it’s basically a 3D multi-touch app for heart surgeries. The data created by the app is also stored in Microsoft HealthVault.

Here’s a demo.

The second app, also by InterKnowlogy is the “Warehouse Floor Command Center.” This application works with warehouse info stored in Microsoft Dynamics AX. The app can help optimize complex warehouse operations by generating a heat map based on pick rate information. This app lets warehouse managers find out of place bins and move them to a better location just by moving the objects on the screen. Once the bin are moved in the app, the movement information is submitted back to your warehouse application and the appropriate people are notified.

Here’s that demo.

So, as you can see, Microsoft Surface computers aren’t just fun and games – you can work with real-world information and data in ways you never could before when you’re using Surface.

(Via MicroMiel)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Two-More-Cool-Surface-Apps Do you love checking out the latest apps for Microsoft Surface? Obviously, we do. Recently we gave you a look at Surface apps for banking, for education, and for fun. Just recently, I came across two more – this time, they’re for use in the medical industry and warehousing. These two apps aren’t brand-new, but I had never seen them before, so perhaps you haven’t either. The first app is VitruView, which was designed by InterKnowlogy, is based on a prototype WPF application. This app is to help with angiography procedures. In other words, it’s basically a 3D multi-touch app for heart surgeries. The data created by the app is also stored in Microsoft HealthVault. Here’s a demo. The second app, also by InterKnowlogy is the “Warehouse Floor Command Center.” This application works with warehouse info stored in Microsoft Dynamics AX. The app can help optimize complex warehouse operations by generating a heat map based on pick rate information. This app lets warehouse managers find out of place bins and move them to a better location just by moving the objects on the screen. Once the bin are moved in the app, the movement information is submitted back to your warehouse application and the appropriate people are notified. Here’s that demo. So, as you can see, Microsoft Surface computers aren’t just fun and games – you can work with real-world information and data in ways you never could before when you’re using Surface. (Via MicroMiel) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Two-More-Cool-Surface-Apps Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:16:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Two-More-Cool-Surface-Apps Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Two-More-Cool-Surface-Apps/RSS Microsoft Surface Surface surface computing Microsoft Research demos multi-touch laptop prototype Microsoft Surface computer comes the Cambridge kids from Microsoft Research with their latest creation. Steve Hodges’ Dell laptop now sports multi-touch input, courtesy of a small collection of infrared sensors attached to the rear of the display. The video in Long Zheng’s post shows the usual pinching and sliding, along with some input from a traditional remote control. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Microsoft-Research-demos-multi-touch-laptop-prototype Hot on the heels of the Microsoft Surface computer comes the Cambridge kids from Microsoft Research with their latest creation. Steve Hodges’ Dell laptop now sports multi-touch input, courtesy of a small collection of infrared sensors attached to the rear of the display. The video in Long Zheng’s post shows the usual pinching and sliding, along with some input from a traditional remote control. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Microsoft-Research-demos-multi-touch-laptop-prototype Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:05:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Microsoft-Research-demos-multi-touch-laptop-prototype JD Lewin JD Lewin 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/jesse/Microsoft-Research-demos-multi-touch-laptop-prototype/RSS Research Surface surface computing portables