Microsoft Surface Demo @ CES 2008

BotJunkie · 2.9M views · 2008-01-08 · 9:58

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Overview

A 2008 CES demo of the original Microsoft Surface, a smart table with multi-touch interaction. It shows touch manipulation of photos and objects on a tabletop display.

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Cited as evidence that multi-touch interfaces predated the iPhone, and as an example of Microsoft innovation.

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GUI, HCI & interface history Consumer devices & gadgets

What people said

smt88 · 2017-06 · Reference
Preventing SIDS via data analysis: [LINK] Original Microsoft Surface (tabletop computing): [VIDEO] Real-time language translation on Skype: [LINK] TouchWall: [LINK] F#, TypeScript, P, and possibly other programming languages HoloDesk Kinect Industry-leading speech recognition: [LINK] HomeOS There are more, but I'm too lazy to Google it. They also had a dual-screen, folding tablet that I really wished had made it to the market, but I can't remember the name.
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alanh · 2016-10 · Reference
For the kids out there: “original Surface” isn’t what you think. It was a “smart table” and its most compelling use case was to present a menu right underneath your place setting: [VIDEO]
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jkn · 2012-09 · Reference
Well here is a video of the Neonode prior art: [LINK] It's unlocked with a left to right swipe. Contrary to the iPhone there is no image moving with the finger. I don't think that difference is worth a patent. Moving things (i.e. images) around with the finger is a pretty obvious concept for a purely touch-based device. See for example the Microsoft Surface (now renamed to PixelSense) from 2008: [VIDEO]
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