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None of their demos are particularly outlandish. Surface has been duplicated n times; Microsoft has had the best, most polished implementation, that's all. If y
by whughes 17y ago
None of their demos are particularly outlandish. Surface has been duplicated n times; Microsoft has had the best, most polished implementation, that's all. If you look at the real Natal demos, they're certainly doable for a big company like Microsoft. This tablet also isn't anything new; multi-touch PCs have been around for a while.
I'm not even particularly impressed with their interface here. It doesn't have the consistency of design that Apple's does, and it doesn't look particularly intuitive. That doesn't mean that it's vaporware, however; in fact, it probably means the opposite.
Anyway, Microsoft's operating systems are more successful than everyone else's anyway. Windows 7 looks like it will be successful even relative to other Windows releases, no matter what you think of it. The buzz is right, and people are impressed.
- tvon 17y agoWasn't Surface a duplicate of the Perspective Pixel work? I certainly remember seeing YouTube videos before Surface was announced.
- die_sekte 17y agoWork on Surface started around 2001 (as far as I remember). Jeff Han presented his work in 2006 at TED. So both were most likely developed in parallel.