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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    MS know how to make Computing students love them. A really nice tight IDE (that they give to students for free as well) and an excellent development environment (.NET). Not to mention they give students a lot of other free software. But yeah, they really know how to market to programmers. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Odin: Insert generic developers, developers , developers joke here. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Xeno: You asked for it. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @DirtyDogg: What has been seen cannot be UNSEEN! #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    I think you Giz'd their site. The link doesn't seem to work for me. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Digo: I almost feel dirty for doing that. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: haha, if only I could heart you again. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Digo: I'll just have to heart you instead. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: =D #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: heart click #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @bnetter12: Ditto. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Plamen Nicolov Plamen Nicolov
    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    Hey, this is nice, but it's nothing new. These transparent rear projection displays have been around for a long time now and widely available too. The gesture tracking with the two cameras in the base of the screen is nothing new too and has been around for a while, widely available too. The software funcionality is nothing new too.
    The combination of these technologies in a presentation staged like this is cool though. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Plamen Nicolov: It's the combination that's the big deal by far. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I agree, despite this has been done in the past in a way larger scale, just not from Microsoft. They have the resources to promote such a product in a way no one else can.

    A system like this one is fancy, but not too complicated - a glass with transparent projection foil, a cheap multimedia projector, a couple IR cameras for motion capturing and a software to analyze the video input from the cameras (there have been some open source projects floating around, but I'm sure Microsoft have their own algorithm), coupled with Win7 for cool effects. Everyone with some technical knowledge, programming skills and spare time is able to do this except the fancy staged presentation trick.

    It's good thing that Microsoft are into this stuff as this means greater publicity, more demand and then commercially available plug-and-play products. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    It's a clear glass display which accepts input through voice-control, touch-less gestures, and eye-tracking.

    Where I'm from, that costs $2/minute and you have to clean up the little room when you're finished. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    Apple already did this 15 years ago but decided it was not what people wanted.
    There, I've fed my inner troll for today.

    On a more serious note. I've always wondered if the images on these types of screens can be truly opaque or if they are always slightly translucent. I'm imagining a similar annoyance as the really glossy LCDs in which you constantly have to dodge reflections to be able to see properly. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @sneakypoo: Does this mean I don't have to toss you a cookie?

    I agree about the display concerns though as I'm regularly driven nutters by overly reflective screens, but I suppose we'll have to wait and see. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @sneakypoo: Until you slap a link on that, I'm going to sit here and believe that this simply wasn't possible 15 years ago. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @sneakypoo: Apple doesn't decide if people like something. They just release it anyway and say it was ahead of its time when nobody buys it. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: One can never have enough cookies.
    @fryhole: I do believe I was talking out of my ass. Albeit quite nice to look at it doesn't always speak truthfully. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    The progression of several prototypes are really looking nice, with Surface, this prototype, and other interactive displays from a couple other companies give us a glimpse of what I imagine we will start seeing in some semi-regular fashion around the middle of the next decade.

    The funny part is that we'll likely be thinking of it all as just regular technology within a few years and asking the same question of why the future isn't coming soon enough.

    Sure, we don't have flying cars, but we have hybrids and electric cars, as well as a fairly futuristic-looking Aptera, we have cellphones a dime a dozen compared to when I were a kid thinking that might be impossible (Sure, there were the brick phones in the box from Cellular one for 5.99 a minute, but that's another topic.), and many of us never thought we'd see flatpanel TVs, only thinking that a hundred inch would take some REALLY HUGE CRTs or lamps. And did anyone think we were going to have Tazer guns already? It's no phaser, but they are sci-fi like. Just saying.

    But back to today, I am amazed at alot of technology is shaping to look like. That includes this display. I certainly can't wait to take a closer look at it, either. Now, who wants to play Peggle on this thing? #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    One step closer on the quest to become Tony Stark #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @WolfPackWB: I had forgotten about that! #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    Damn, I wish I had an incredibly prototype. Typo Friday! #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @You ate my cake!: Yes, yes. Stay tuned, I'm sure I'll demonstrate my love for Typo Friday a few more times.

    Fixed though. Thank you. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: slashgeat
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    11/06/09

    @12mimo001: See?

    Thank you. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    This type of technology is what gets me h*rny.

    What? #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: Sorry, I did not hear you, I was on the bathroom... #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    how much is this going to cost the average home user? is it really worth it? #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @preferiti: I'm thinking the price will be about a leg and a nose. You keep the arms and hands for the touch-less waving. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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