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Secondlight, Microsoft's New Surface Prototype

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-deep-into-the-table dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft has literally added another dimension to its touchscreen table technology Surface. The new table projects an image through the table itself, so that any translucent material (such as tracing paper or perspex) held above the Surface screen displays a different image to what you see on the table's display. This means you can have a satellite image of a town on the table, and have the street names projected on to a piece of paper that the user holds above the map. Or you could have a photo of a car, with the tracing paper displaying images of its innards."

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  1. HA HA HA HA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    what DUM ass FUCK tard THING

  2. Well, shit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you can do something with it that involves a car, then give me two!

    Idiots.

  3. Re:Come on guys.... by His+Shadow · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's a kludge. When it's a single piece of unbreakable glass with it's processor etched in and true touch technology, it will be cool. Until then, it's a Big Ass Table sporting a collection of infrared detectors and a projector(!). A kludge.

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