Reuters recently did a tour of Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge where they were shown Second Light, Sense Cam and other projects being worked on. They also have a huge, antique disk platter from main frames which had just 1 MB capacity. Surface PC and touch based computing seem to be a priority in the research labs as they show a few...
VPlay is a research project by Microsoft Research based on a multi-touch like a Surface Computer, which allows users to manipulate video in real time. Using real time interaction, VJing is made possible on a multi-touch surface which provides new possibilities, unique interfaces and interesting human computer interaction. Different...
I just stumbled across this video on the Microsoft Surface blog. It shows a Surface being used to showcase the 200C Concept from Chrysler. 200C Concept shows a next-gen dashboard with touch based interaction. It is inspired from the iPhone and features cover-flow as well along with surface like features such as using a Smartphone as a key....
A very interesting video of the Microsoft Secret Underground Lab. If you just want to see the video for the surprises and not read spoilers, stop right here and click on the image above to see it. If you want to read this blog post before watching the video, carry on.
The Microsoft Secret Underground Lab consists of a team of researchers...
The Microsoft Surface Team Blog has posted a video of a cool new demo application which is a News Reader using a 360 degree globe-like interface. The news and videos are fetched from MSNBC.com. The touch capabilities of the Surface make it look amazing with panning, zooming and flick scrolling. The way videos are handled on the Surface with...
