1. Microsoft Surface

2. What is Microsoft Surface?
Microsoft Surface:
• A surface computing platform
from Microsoft
• Tabletop Computer. You won't
believe this until you see it.
• 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!!!

3. Origin of Microsoft Surface
• Idea for Surface was initially
conceptualized in 2001
• Project announced on May 30,
2007 at The Wall Street’s 'D: All
Things Digital' conference i.e.
D5 conference
• Preliminary launched on April
17,2008

4. H/W And S/W Specifications
• A 360-degree horizontal user
Touch interface
• A 30-inch tabletop display
• Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13 GHz
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• 256GB SATA Hard Drive
• Window Vista Operating
System
• Interior frame is powder-
coated steel
• Inbuilt Bluetooth,
Infrared,Eithernet

5. Key elements of surface computing
A form of computing that offers
“a natural way of interacting with
information,” rather than
traditional user interface:
• Direct Interaction: The ability
to "grab" digital information with
hands - interacting with
touch/gesture, not with a mouse
or keyboard.
• Multi–Touch: The ability to
recognize multiple points of
contact at the same time, not
just one (Ex. one finger, like with
most touch screens), but
dozens.

6. Key elements of surface computing
• Multi–User: The Surface’s
screen is horizontal, allowing
many people to come together
around it and experience a
“collaborative , face–to–face
computing experience”.
• Object Recognition:
Physical objects can be placed
on the Surface’s screen to
“trigger different types of digital
responses” (Ex. cell phones,
cameras, & glasses of wine).

7. Features of Microsoft Surface
• Wireless- Transfer pictures from camera to
Surface and cell phone. “Drag and drop
virtual content to physical objects.”
• Digital interactive painting
• At a phone store
• At a restaurant
• Play games and use the Internet.
• Watch television
• Jukebox! Browse music, make play lists.
•Billboard for advertising
• Maps

8. Power of Microsoft Surface
• In a restaurant if a beer mug is placed on
the surface, the menu related to Beer
appears on the surface. The user need to just
select the item and the order automatically
reaches the bartender. That is the power of
Microsoft Surface.
• One can draw four lines with four fingers on
a Microsoft Surface.
•You may go to a shop to pick up a wrist
watch and liked several models. You do not
know how to compare the two models, apart
from the visual looks. Just place the two
models on the Microsoft Surface. The power
of Microsoft Surface brings out the
comparison of the two models- feature by
feature.

9. Working of Microsoft Surface
• The Surface is not a touch-
sensitive screen device…
• The Surface uses multiple infrared
cameras beneath the screen to
sense objects, physical touch, etc.
• This information is processed and
displayed using “Rear Projection”.
•No mouse or keyboard used.
(1) Screen Diffuser : ”Multitouch"
screen. Can process multiple
inputs and recognize objects by
their shapes or coded "domino"
tags.

10. Working of Microsoft Surface contd..
(2) Infrared: The ”Machine Vision" is
aimed at the screen. Once an object
touches the tabletop ; the light reflects
back and is picked up by infrared
cameras.
(3) CPU: Uses similar components as
current desktop computers, Core 2
Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a
256MB graphics card. Wireless
communication,WiFi and Bluetooth
antennas Operating system, modified
version of Microsoft Vista.
(4) Projector: Uses a DLP light engine
(rear-projection HDTV's).

11. Who’ s using the Surface today?
• Currently only commercially available and being
used in the retail, hospitality, automotive, banking
and healthcare industries.
• Current customers are AT&T, T-Mobile, the Rio All
Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Sheraton Hotels,
Disney Innovations House in California, Hotel 1000 in
Seattle, Harrah’s Entertainment, and Starwood
Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.

12. Microsoft Surface’ s Future…
• Surface will continue to be sold to
and used by restaurants, retail,
leisure and public entertainment
venues.
• As of March 2009, Microsoft had
120 partners in 11 countries that are
developing applications for Surface's
interface.
•Another business that plans to use
the Microsoft Surface computers is
IGT, the gaming technology
company.

13. Microsoft Surface Benefits
•Large surface area to view different
windows and applications
•Multi-user
•Data manipulation – selecting
•Moving,rotating,resizing is quick and
easier
•Multitouch (max. 52 points of touch)

14. Microsoft Surface Problems
• $$$$$$$ Surface machines cost
between $5,000 and $10,000.
•Not portable
•Poor accuracy as fat fingers are
not as accurate as mouse or
stylus
•Objects need to be tagged
(domino tags)

15. Conclusion
•Microsoft surface is the future of computers
•Fundamentally changes the way we interacts
with technology
•Surface takes existing technology and
presents it in a new way
•Its not just a touch screen but more of a
touch -grab-move-slide-resize-and-place-
objects-on-top-of-the-screen
• So it opens up new possibilities that weren’t
there before

16. “ A COMPUTER ON EVERY DESKTOP “
NOW WE SAY
“ EVERY DESKTOP WILL BE A COMPUTER”
THANK YOU…….