While Micorsoft’s Surface is kinda cool, but also like the Pac-man console at that pizza place, the newly debut Microsoft Touchwall puts it all in perspective and drops an ax on what it would take to get multi-touch technology into your tech-grubby hands.
All this uses is a couple hundred bucks of readily-available, rear-projection hardware and the software technology called “Plex” that runs on top of Vista.
Before you run out and get a Vista tattoo though, you should know this isn’t commercially available yet and Microsoft doesn’t have any plans to make it so, until they realize how stupid that is.
CAD will never be the same
One of the first thoughts when someone sees this is how cool it will be for gaming. Fact is, it will be cool for a lot of applications. In my opinion, multi-touch and display technology has the greatest affect on how traditional CAD programs, user interaction and design functions will change. I say Microsoft needs to Open Source this software and let everyone go buckwild with development.
Get to the video already right?
Via Techcrunch
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Buy a wii and you got one for like 10 euros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
You also need to buy a huge screen.
Buy a wii and you got one for like 10 euros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
You also need to buy a huge screen.
Edusim is exactly that for the interactive surfaces already in the classrom — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFsxev-2sk
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Edusim is exactly that for the interactive surfaces already in the classrom — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFsxev-2sk
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Thanks for the video links guys! Yes, those are very similar. Who woulda thought you could do that with the Wiimote right? Johnny Chung Lee has done some cool stuff with the Wiimote and Edusim looks like it incorporates similar functionality in Plex.
That Edusim is open-source is even better.
Thanks for the video links guys! Yes, those are very similar. Who woulda thought you could do that with the Wiimote right? Johnny Chung Lee has done some cool stuff with the Wiimote and Edusim looks like it incorporates similar functionality in Plex.
That Edusim is open-source is even better.
I’m gonna need an octagon room with two of these on each wall.
Ok….I want one…..and I want to run SolidWorks on it!!!
Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.com
Ok….I want one…..and I want to run SolidWorks on it!!!
Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.com
“I say Microsoft needs to Open Source this software and let everyone go buckwild with development.”
…Right…
“I say Microsoft needs to Open Source this software and let everyone go buckwild with development.”
…Right…
ye…eaah Kutch. true. Microsoft open it? only if they can get people’s information. They are schemin’ already with Yahoo and Facebook.
Come on….Microsoft will not open source this software if they can make a penny from it. LOL
Come on….Microsoft will not open source this software if they can make a penny from it. LOL
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