Microsoft Surface (Codename: Milan), is a Multi-touch product from Microsoft which is developed as a
software and hardware combination technology
that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions,
hand gestures, or physical objects. It was announced on May 29, 2007 at D5 conference.
Initial customers will be in the hospitality businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, retail,
public entertainment venues and the military for tactical overviews.
The preliminary launch was on April 17, 2008, when Surface became available for customer use in AT&T stores.
Overview-
Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a table, topped with a 30-inch reflective surface
in a clear acrylic frame. A projector underneath the surface projects an image onto its underside,
while five cameras in the machine's housing record reflections of infrared light from human fingertips.
The camera can also recognize objects placed on the surface if those objects have specially-designed "tags"
applied to them. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects
such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by placing and moving tagged objects.
Surface has been optimized to respond to 52 touches at a time. During a demonstration with a reporter,
Mark Bolger, the Surface Computing group's marketing director, "dipped" his finger in an on-screen paint palette,
then dragged it across the screen to draw a smiley face. Then he used all 10 fingers at once to give the face
a full head of hair.
Using the specially-designed "tags" on objects, Microsoft Surface can automatically offer
additional wine choices tailored to the dinner being eaten based on the type of wine set on the Surface.
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