Kavinda Munasinghe’s Blog

A very exciting technology that Microsoft calls “Microsoft Surface” was unveiled at the All Things Digital conference by Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer. It’s a “coffee table” that not only is a multi touch interface but it can also recognize what’s kept on it.

Although multi-touch interfaces like the ones that Jeff Han from Perceptive Pixel has been developing for years or the iPhone interface have been around now, what sets the “Microsoft Surface” apart is its unique ability to recognize objects like cell phones, cameras or even a beer glasses that are kept on top of it. Not only recognizing but knowing what to do with it!

If you thought new Apple iPhone was cool, this is going to blow your mind! It may essentially revolutionize the way we interact with computers in the future.

The product is currently being targeted at Restaurants, Hotels, Retail Locations and Casino Resorts, so we’d not be able to get our hands on one just yet. But eventually the prices would come down we’d have one at every household. In Sri Lanka we’re still working on getting electricity to every home. So it may take a while.