The document discusses Microsoft Surface, a new type of touchscreen interface called natural user interface (NUI). It allows direct interaction with computers using gestures without a keyboard and mouse. The Surface has a large multi-touch screen that can process multiple inputs simultaneously. It uses infrared cameras and light to detect objects on its screen. Potential applications include interactive maps, games, online shopping, and collaborative workspaces for professionals. However, issues like high costs and security need to be addressed for wider adoption.
The name Surface comes from Surface Computing, and Microsoft envisions the coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team refers to as "blended reality." The table can be built with a variety of wireless transceivers, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and (eventually) radio frequency identification (RFID) and is designed to sync instantly with any device that touches its surface.
It supports multiple touch points – Microsoft says "dozens and dozens" -- as well as multiple users simultaneously, so more than one person could be using it at once, or one person could be doing multiple tasks.
The term "surface" describes how it's used. There is no keyboard or mouse. All interactions with the computer are done via touching the surface of the computer's screen with hands or brushes, or via wireless interaction with devices such as smartphones, digital cameras or Microsoft's Zune music player. Because of the cameras, the device can also recognize physical objects; for instance credit cards or hotel "Loyalty" cards.
For instance, a user could set a digital camera down on the tabletop and wirelessly transfer pictures into folders on Surface's hard drive. Or setting a music player down would let a user drag songs from his or her home music collection directly into the player, or between two players, using a finger – or transfer mapping information for the location of a restaurant where you just made reservations through a Surface tabletop over to a smartphone just before you walk out the door.
The name Surface comes from Surface Computing, and Microsoft envisions the coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team refers to as "blended reality." The table can be built with a variety of wireless transceivers, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and (eventually) radio frequency identification (RFID) and is designed to sync instantly with any device that touches its surface.
It supports multiple touch points – Microsoft says "dozens and dozens" -- as well as multiple users simultaneously, so more than one person could be using it at once, or one person could be doing multiple tasks.
The term "surface" describes how it's used. There is no keyboard or mouse. All interactions with the computer are done via touching the surface of the computer's screen with hands or brushes, or via wireless interaction with devices such as smartphones, digital cameras or Microsoft's Zune music player. Because of the cameras, the device can also recognize physical objects; for instance credit cards or hotel "Loyalty" cards.
For instance, a user could set a digital camera down on the tabletop and wirelessly transfer pictures into folders on Surface's hard drive. Or setting a music player down would let a user drag songs from his or her home music collection directly into the player, or between two players, using a finger – or transfer mapping information for the location of a restaurant where you just made reservations through a Surface tabletop over to a smartphone just before you walk out the door.
The way we use computers today will soon change. The technology of the future will allow us to interact with the computer on a whole different level from what we are used to. The tools we use to communicate with the computer - such as the mouse and the keyboard, will slowly disappear and be replaced with tools more comfortable and more natural for the human being to use. That future is already here. The increase rate of how touch screen hardware and applications are used is growing rapidly and will break new grounds in years to come. This new technology requires new ways of detecting inputs from the user-inputs which will be made out of on-screen gestures rather than by the pressing of buttons or rolling mouse wheels.
The name Surface comes from "surface computing”. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world. Multi-touch technology is an advanced human-computer interaction technique that recognizes multiple touch points and also includes the hardware devices that implement it.
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Surface computing is the use of a specialized computer GUI in which traditional GUI elements are replaced by intuitive, everyday objects. Instead of a keyboard and mouse, the user interacts directly with a touch-sensitive screen. It has been said that this more closely replicates the familiar hands-on experience of everyday object manipulation.
Early work in this area was done at the University of Toronto, Alias Research, and MIT.Surface work has included customized solutions from vendors such as LM3LABS or GestureTek, Applied Minds for Northrop Grumman.Major computer vendor platforms are in various stages of release: the iTable by PQLabs, Linux MPX,the Ideum MT-50, interactive bar by spinTOUCH, and Microsoft PixelSense (formerly known as Microsoft Surface).
Leap Motion is an American company that manufactures and markets a computer hardware sensor device that supports hand and finger motions as input, analogous to a mouse, but requires no hand contact or touching.
The way we use computers today will soon change. The technology of the future will allow us to interact with the computer on a whole different level from what we are used to. The tools we use to communicate with the computer - such as the mouse and the keyboard, will slowly disappear and be replaced with tools more comfortable and more natural for the human being to use. That future is already here. The increase rate of how touch screen hardware and applications are used is growing rapidly and will break new grounds in years to come. This new technology requires new ways of detecting inputs from the user-inputs which will be made out of on-screen gestures rather than by the pressing of buttons or rolling mouse wheels.
The name Surface comes from "surface computing”. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world. Multi-touch technology is an advanced human-computer interaction technique that recognizes multiple touch points and also includes the hardware devices that implement it.
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Surface computing is the use of a specialized computer GUI in which traditional GUI elements are replaced by intuitive, everyday objects. Instead of a keyboard and mouse, the user interacts directly with a touch-sensitive screen. It has been said that this more closely replicates the familiar hands-on experience of everyday object manipulation.
Early work in this area was done at the University of Toronto, Alias Research, and MIT.Surface work has included customized solutions from vendors such as LM3LABS or GestureTek, Applied Minds for Northrop Grumman.Major computer vendor platforms are in various stages of release: the iTable by PQLabs, Linux MPX,the Ideum MT-50, interactive bar by spinTOUCH, and Microsoft PixelSense (formerly known as Microsoft Surface).
Leap Motion is an American company that manufactures and markets a computer hardware sensor device that supports hand and finger motions as input, analogous to a mouse, but requires no hand contact or touching.
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Surface computing,towards business technology
1. Mallina Rajesh
NCET, Bengaluru.
Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology
Devanahalli , Taluk, Bengaluru-562110, Karnataka, India.
11 March 2011
2. Introduction
Every table is a computer.
Surface Computing- unique user interface .
No more keyboard and mouse.
Eased the learning of interface NUI.
Touch and feel of the objectes to the user.
Instantly and continuously successful.
3. Revolution in User Interface
CLI GUI NUI
How simple we make to get the information ? ? ? ?
4. • Natural User Interface.
• Touch based user interface .
• Direct interaction with computer using
Gestures.
• All with hands.
• Multi-Touch .
• Multi-User.
• 360 degree UI.
6. Screen: Capable of processing multiple
inputs from multiple users. Objects can also be
recognized by their shapes or reading coded
tags.
Infrared camera: Infrared light is
projected onto the underside of the diffuser.
Objects or fingers are visible through the
diffuser by series of infrared-sensitive
cameras.
CPU: This is similar to a regular desktop. The underlying operating system is a
modified version of Microsoft Windows Vista.
Projector: The Surface uses the same DLP light engine as in many rear-
projection TV’s for HD .
7. Camera with sensor
that pix up to ¼
image of surface.
Bright infrared LED
which gives the
information what’s
going on surface.
8. Common controls: Scatter view control:
Surface window
Surface button This will automatically
SurfacePasswordBox control move, rotate, resize
surfaceUserControl and enables 360 degree UI
Tag visualizer control:
Display the UI when user places a physical object on the
surface .
Controls the motion of the tagged object.
9. Surface Applications
WPF APIs Core API Shell UI & APIs
Vision System Windows Integration
Windows OS
Surface Hardware & Drivers
10. Existing Applications
• Paint Touch enables up to four children to
Entertainment draw, color, and erase their drawings as
many times , photo sharing ,music , maps.
• Microsoft Surface will provide shoppers at retail
Retail stores stores with easy, instant access to information
about their favorite mobile devices.
• Microsoft Surface puts restaurants, hotels,
Quick access shopping and theaters at your fingertips with
maps.
•With Microsoft Surface, order a beverage during
Restaurant Tables your meal with just the tap of a finger in hotels.
11. Done with Microsoft surface.
Surface empower the Business Professionals by
everything available at their finger tips.
System would have custom built hardware
E.g. CAD supported system for civil engineers.
Integrating an application that controls the house
electric appliances with wifi technology.
A profession can save their work on cloud and open
in another surface.
12. •In a house hold system, husband
can do his business work, wife can
browse for cooking recipes, child
coloring with a paint brush on an
online coloring pages for kids.
•All fingers and paint brush would
be recognized at instance and
Household design processed.
•Interactive Teamwork: The multi-
touch surface will encourage the
small group of team work on
surface and gives the optimum
results .
•The group of IT professionals with
3 to 4 members can design Software
Engineering process on a single
IT Surface surface.
13. Surface of 30-inch display screen.
Windows operating system .
Wireless and wired network card.
IT solution system for developing new applications.
Information like magazines ,online free gaming
system owners.
Important software’s can be installed on cloud
server.
BPO or online tech support.
14. The four feature’s.
The NUI, ease the earning of UI.
Interactive teamwork, ease the
software design process.
Design new and improved version of
system that suits for professional.
Existence of technical support.
Seamless- no wires or USB ports.
15. Huge system not easily portable.
Currently very costly $12,500.
Problem with application may delay
of work in IT companies.
Security issues should be considered.
Validating the system will be high.
16. As the business point of view, each professional
home computer and the IT companies
discussion rooms should be replaced by a multi-
touch surface technology, so it will provide a
great deal of multiuser with multiple
application, best idea sharing table for IT
professionals with reduced paper work.
17. Surface computing will be in any environments –
school, businesses & home.
However, technology is huge it can change the way
machine operates in the future.
As for the companies , I would recommend looking at
some options to bring the cost down so that it can be
used widely .