What is Microsoft Surface?

Microsoft Surface is one of the latest technologies being develop by MS. It is a device that allows to interact with the users without the need of a mouse or keyboard. The device resembles a screen table where the multimedia content can be handled by the users.

In the years to come, Microsoft will make a fundamental change in the way we interact with software and documents. Microsoft Surface employs a camera-based system to track the user input.

Microsoft Surface is capable of recognizing multiple inputs at the same time, allowing the two hands to be used, this is a big difference from the mouse which only allows one single point of input at the time.

Another important feature of Surface is that it interacts with devices such as cameras and mobile phones, allowing documents and files to be shown in the table surface so the user can do whatever he wants with them, like watching them and/or uploading them to other devices.

Some history of the idea of Microsoft Surface started in 2001, when Microsoft Research started brainstorming some of the concepts that we can see today working in a real interactive table. By early 2003, the first prototype was already built. By 2004 there were already more than 85 prototypes built, with refined features.

This new technology will change the way we interact with computers, allowing companies to explore new ways of doing business. Next I will show you a video were you will see what this is all about.