Xbox display technology turns your room into a ‘holodeck’ of sorts (video)

January 10, 2013 3:33 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

With the high volume of new products and flashy prototypes vying for attention at the 2013 CES, very few have shown the kind of innovation needed to bring humanity one step closer to creating the ultimate consumer electronic device: a holodeck.

A peek inside Microsoft’s invention factory

September 3, 2011 7:00 AM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

With Steve Jobs stepping down from the CEO job at Apple, it’s easy to overlook the computer industry’s other big invention factory: Microsoft.

While it’s not often regarded as a font of innovation, Microsoft actually devotes substantial resources — to …