Surface computing

kmj2587 · Post by **kmj2587** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:27 pm

This looks very cool. It would be fun to play around with, at the least.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... 17348.html

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:00 pm

Very interesting, and it doesn't take a lot of imagination to think of all the applications it could have in the future. In that incarnation, it's not a viable workplace computer though. Most people will not want to bend over a coffee table all day or stand up all day to use their computers. Maybe if it was on a diagonal display, like one of those architect's desk things...

I see it coming out as a niche market, with some definite uses in richer people's smart-homes, and then after a few revisions it may even start enroaching on the PC market.

Grand Fromage · Post by **Grand Fromage** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:11 pm

It is cool but unwieldy. Niche market for sure, I bet computer artists would love it.

Post by **paazin** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:19 pm

geez, old news. slashdot had this like over a week ago.

Joos · Post by **Joos** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:14 pm

*imagines mixertables, virtual DJ equipment and samplers, all run on the same machine and all manipualted at the same time with multitap tech*