Microsoft Archive

PlayTable finally saw the light of day in the form of Microsoft’s Surface multi-touch table. But there’s a related technology that’s been under development by Microsoft Research — “PlayAnywhere” — which still has yet to go commercial.At this week’s Faculty Research Summit, Microsoft researchers showed off, yet again, PlayAnywhere. Here’s how the IDG News Service described what was shown: “Andy Wilson, also a company researcher, is developing a device that could serve as a less expensive form of the surface computer that Microsoft recently unveiled. That computer will cost thousands of dollars. Wilson’s invention uses a projector to display an application onto any surface, like a table top. Two infrared lasers pointed at the surface would allow users to grab and drag items with their

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More than ever before, WorldWide Partner Conference was a serious demo fest with lots of cool technology shown off during the keynotes. Silverlight, Photosyth, Seadragon, Surface and more. Hats off to the WPC folks for showing off our innovations to an audience that sometimes only really gets to see (and sell) our business software. I already have lots of interest from UK Partners on Silverlight and Surface in particular. Needless to say I’ll need one of the latter for research purposes :)Check ’em out Microsoft Surface Allison Watson picked her favorite demos of the week, including Microsoft Surface. Learn more about Surface, the first surface computing platform. Live Labs Photosynth (and SeaDragon) Watch how a three-dimensional image is created from two-dimensional photos. See photos from

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