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The model was based on an IKEA table with a hole cut in the top and a sheet of architect vellum used as a diffuser. The virtual team expanded, and within a month, through constant discussion and brainstorming, the first humble prototype was born and nicknamed T1. Gates instantly liked the idea and encouraged the team to continue to develop their thinking. In early 2003, the new Consumer Products Group, led by David Kurlander, presented the idea to Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman, in a group review. Then in October 2001 a virtual team was formed to fully pursue bringing the idea to the next stage of development Bathiche and Wilson were key members of the team. This conversation was the beginning of an idea that would later result in the development of Surface, and over the course of the following year, various people at Microsoft involved in developing new product concepts, including the gaming-specifi c PlayTable, continued to think through the possibilities and feasibility of the project. Although there were related efforts happening in academia, Bathiche and Wilson saw the need for a product where the interaction was richer and more intuitive, and at the same time practical for everyone to use. In one of their regular brainstorm sessions, they started talking about an idea for an interactive table that could understand the manipulation of physical pieces. In 2001, Stevie Bathiche of Microsoft Hardware and Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research began working together on various projects that took advantage of their complementary expertise in the areas of hardware and software. The main focus of Surface Computing is the tech and business Industry now with a price of $10,000 but Microsoft will definitely provide it to home users in future to let them experience a new world of media interaction.Īn Idea Inspired by Cross-Division Collaboration. It is a product designed by collaborative work of Microsoft Hardware and Microsoft Research. Microsoft Surface Computer is much like a blend of Disk Operating System and Graphical User Interface. The concept is to give digital content a new dimension where it is not restricted to your mobile phones or television sets rather has the ability to interact with you physically. The main idea behind the surface technology is to let people interact with their digital content in a much more new and innovative way which is quite different from the traditional ways. Microsoft is the first company ever to bring such an idea to the market as a commercial product. It is the new approach of interacting with Digital Content in a physical manner using abstract technology. Microsoft Surface is basically a surface computer that erases the borders between physical and virtual worlds. The new concept thats driving the webosphere crazy is the new and totally innovative Microsoft Surface Computing. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide also plans to use Surface in its lobbies, which the company is currently revamping to make them more customer-friendly This paper includes the technical challenges in realizing our system, with the aim of allowing others to experiment with these new forms of interactive surfaces. This paper presents a single self-contained system that combines these off-screen interactions with more typical multi-touch and tangible surface interactions. Surface computing features four key attributes – Multi-touch contact, Multi-user experience, Object recognition. The intuitive user interface works without a traditional mouse or keyboard, allowing people to interact with content and information by using their hands and natural movements. Surface computing is predicted to break down traditional barriers to technology. We explore some of the possibilities this type of screen technology affords, allowing surface computing interactions to extend “beyond the display”. At the same time, a camera mounted behind the screen can see out into the environment. The clear periods may be used to project a second, different image through the display onto objects held above the surface. It is then possible to rear-project what is perceived as a stable image onto the display surface, when the screen is in fact transparent for half the time. The screen can be continuously toggled between these two states so quickly that the switching is imperceptible to the human eye. Imagine introducing of new type of interactive surface technology based on a switchable projection screen which can be made diffuse or clear under electronic control. Authors: B.SINDHU & N.SNEHA, 1st BTech, CSEĬollege: Prakasam Engineering College, Kandukur