Up close with Microsoft's next-generation Surface touchscreen tables (video)
Microsoft’s next-generation of Surface touchscreen tables made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. We caught up with Chip Wood, senior director of Surface at Microsoft, in a one-on-one interview about version 2.0 of Surface.
Surface is one of Microsoft’s magical technologies, a table with a touchscreen surface that responds to as many as 50 fingers touching it at the same time.
The new Surface is a lot more versatile than its predecessor … Continue Reading
Week in review: Ikea's war on the light bulb
Here’s our roundup of the week’s biggest tech business news. First, the most popular stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Ikea’s war on Edison’s light bulb — The mass furniture and household goods retailer announced Tuesday that it will no longer stock or sell traditional light bulbs, making good on a plan announced last year.
Microsoft gives LCDs the power to see with Surface 2.0 — Microsoft’s Surface touchscreen technology for large … Continue Reading
Microsoft developing a touchscreen that lets you feel objects
Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new kind of “tactile” touchscreen which allows you to feel an on-screen object when you touch it.
The display uses technical feedback technologies to make you feel the ridges, bumps and textures of a displayed image, like the one pictured, according to New Scientist. The idea is aimed at large table-sized computing displays such as Microsoft’s Surface technology, according to the patent application.
The Microsoft screen can … Continue Reading
Microsoft Surface: The computer as your living room table
Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new kind of “tactile” touchscreen which allows you to feel an on-screen object when you touch it.
The display uses technical feedback technologies to make you feel the ridges, bumps and textures of a displayed image, like the one pictured, according to New Scientist. The idea is aimed at large table-sized computing displays such as Microsoft’s Surface technology, according to the patent application.
The Microsoft screen can … Continue Reading
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