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Kind of makes you wonder why "Microsoft Research" isn't just "Microsoft".

• ConstantineXVI 15y ago
  Because "Microsoft Research" doesn't have to consider silly things like profit (or even marketability), that's for big MS to figure out.
  • darrenkopp 15y ago
    Neither does Bing (at least so far).
  • tomjen3 15y ago
    You become the first company to launch a phone that can be interacted with in 3D, you become very, very profitable.
    • contextfree 15y ago
      Not if your phone costs thousands of dollars to manufacture and you haven't yet worked out how to make the 3D interaction actually useful for anything.
    • hugh3 15y ago
      What a three-dimensional phone may look like: http://www.zsqts.com.cn/product-photo/2009-05-06/9d783160c8bdd3314f8db62267031bc1/Antique-Wooden-Telephone-Old-Style-Telephone-Novelty-Telephone.jpg http://www.zsqts.com.cn/product-photo/2009-05-06/9d783160c8b...
    • 7952 15y ago
      I can't imagine how his kind of interface would ever be useful in a phone. Interface is determined by form factor. Kinect is great across a room, but for a hand held device?