The Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface - Tabletop Computer. It's the amazing computer technology made by Microsoft. It's actually real. No mouse, no keyboards, but you can touch it and guess what . . . it actually feels you. Don't you know what is it? It's Microsoft Surface!!!

Microsoft Surface - Is it really special?

What is so special about Microsoft Tabletop? One can touch a color in the one screen palette and draw an image on the screen. Touch blue and draw the sky, Touch green and draw grass. Microsoft Tabletop can understand all this. It also recognizes various objects. The system can be designed to set up a plate on the surface and the system throws up a menu! And many more possibilities awaits us as we progress.

Many had a wrong impression about Microsoft Surface. They thought it is another hyped touch screen computer. And they are proved wrong by the features provided in the Microsoft Tabletop. The touch screen computers enable users to do away with keyboard and mouse. They can navigate the menu by touching various options to reach a logical end of viewing data or printing. And there ends the comparison. Microsoft Tabletop can do many more things, which you think are not possible!

The Features

-There are four main components being important in it's interface: directinteraction, multi-touch contact, a multi-user experience, and object recognition. This device also enables drag and drop digital media when wi-fi enabled devices are placed on it such as a Microsoft Zune, cellular phones, or digital cameras. It features multi-touch technology, that enables multiple points of contact.

-This technology allows non-digital objects to be used as input devices. This means that the source of information does not necessarily have to be digital in form.This is because,the technology does not rely on restrictive properties, such as the capacitance, electrical resistance, or temperature of the tool used.

-Direct interaction: Facility to manage digital information with hand gestures and touch instead on mouse and keyboard.

-Multi-touch contact: User need not use only one finger to manage digital data. If user dips five fingers in five different colors in the on screen paint palette and draws five lines with five fingers, you get five lines with five colors . . .and many more.

Experiencing Microsoft Surface

There are many innovative gadgets in the market. Software and hardware, now offer a lot of excitement. Imagine the ideal combination of hardware and software. The result – Microsoft Surface. You may go though the many videos on Internet to experience Microsoft Surface features. These videos released by Microsoft deal with real life applications and not simple PowerPoint presentations. Seeing is believing. However to experience Microsoft Surface in person, you may have to wait for some more time, before some hotels and restaurants start using these ‘intelligent tables’ to serve their customers.