One of the biggest things launched at CES 2011 was the new Microsoft Surface 2.0. If you haven’t seen the keynote I’ll post it below, but for a slightly more indepth look at some of the surface features check out this video above from the Microsoft social media team who jumped on it after the Facebook page went a little crazy asking for a more indepth demo.
While a few of the traits are quite similar to surface 1.0 the new PixelSense technology is what really takes the 2.0 version to the next level, with a screen that can literally see what’s on it. It’s starting to get very minority report! Retailing for about $7,000 a little later in 2011.
What a load of garbage!
Technology looking for a consumer use again!
Wow we’ve invented a giant iPad. Who is really going to spend time in a bar using this when they could be talking to their friends about things they’re passionate about, shared interests or things that they’ve just done that day…
Start with the customer not the tech guys…
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wow perfect disney world microsoft ad – full of dumb white american smiles and token minorities. never saw that coming.
humbug aside I do see this becoming more of a standard creative tool in the future. photoshop and video editing on surface style hardware? I’m all for that.